QinetiQ Banshee

[5] Banshee is built mostly out of composite material (Kevlar and glass-reinforced plastic) with a tailless delta wing planform.

[8] The Banshee Whirlwind is a currently marketed remotely piloted version using a 40 kg thrust rotary engine, with a typical mission endurance of 90 minutes and a parachute for recovery.

[12][8] In September 2021 the British Royal Navy trialled an improved variant called the Banshee Jet 80+.

[17] The Rattler ST is carried aloft by a Banshee Jet 80+, and emulate a variety of advanced missile threats at speeds up to Mach 2.6.

[18] Banshee entered service with the British Army in the mid-1980s as an aerial target for the Short Blowpipe and Javelin shoulder-launched missiles.

[27] In 2024, Ukrainian media reported that the British government had decided in May 2023 to give strike-adapted Banshee Jet 80+ drones to Ukraine, with a one-way range of up to 200 kilometres (120 mi).

Meggitt Banshee on display in 2010
Banshee Jet 80 on display in 2017
Banshee top-view silhouette
Meggitt Banshee target drone at the Science Museum, London (2017)