Drone Evolution launches SENTINEL, its new, tethered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system at DSEI 2023. Designed and built in the UK, SENTINEL has been teamed with Steatite’s MPU5 MESH radio , ...

In 2011, Iran captured an intact American RQ-170 Sentinel drone, a prized US stealth asset. Iranian officials claimed they had used a cyberattack to trick the drone into landing and soon announced ...

Key point: The steady addition of new missions over the Sentinel’s roughly 15-year existence represents a strong vote of confidence on the part of the Air Force in the stealth drone’s usefulness.

That Sentinel’s frequent proximity to Iran and North Korea raised the possibility that the Air Force was sending the stealth drone on missions to investigate nuclear-weapons facilities.

The drone faced issues due to Russian electronic interference in August during a reconnaissance mission.