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# Royal Navy declares Thales-built Peregrine drone ready for front line operations
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-09-11-royal-navy-peregrine-in-service/
- Published: 2025-09-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-15T04:00:36.000Z
- Description: The Royal Navy declared the Thales-built Peregrine rotary-wing drone ready for front-line operations, fitted with the Thales I-Master radar for day and night surveillance and tracking. It forms part of the Maritime Aviation Transformation Strategy, alongside the Malloy T-150 cargo drone.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Naval News, 11 September 2025](https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/dsei-uk-2025/2025/09/royal-navy-declares-peregrine-ready-for-front-line-operations/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not disclose a contract value or confirm fleet-wide deployment beyond the vessels already using it.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-14\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)