RTAF Held an Induction Ceremony for the 3rd Battalion Dominator XP UAV

05 September 2023

Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) held commissioning ceremony for its three Aeronautics Dominator XP Medium-Altitude, Long-Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle (UAV) at 302nd Squadron, Wing 3 Watthana Nakhon, Sa Kaeo Province (garrison unit of 302 Sqn. in Wing 4 Takhli, Nakhon Sawan Province), Thailand on 1 September 2023 (all photos : RTAF)

The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has ordered the supply of 3 systems of Dominator XP for Medium-Altitude, Long-Endurance Unmanned (MALE  UAV) 3 systems for a budget of $ 27 million (895,000,000 baht) from Aeronautics Defense System Ltd., Israel in 2018, with a four-year budget commitment from 2018-2021, which has a ceremony to enter service on September 1, 2023.

Designated as an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft Aeronautics Dominator XP is the first MALE UAV unmanned aircraft of the Royal Thai Air Force that is in service with the 302 Squadron, Wing 3 Watthana Nakhon in Sa Kaeo Province, which is the first all-UAV squadron of the Royal Thai Air Force.

The induction ceremony took place at Wing 4 Takhli in Nakhon Sawan Province, where Squadron 302 shares space with Squadron 402, Wing 4, which is stationed with surveillance and training aircraft, Diamond DA42MPP/MNG, which has the same basis as the training aircraft Diamond DA42.

From images published in previous presentations and public relations documents of the Royal Thai Air Force during September-October and December 2022, it has been shown that Squadron 302, Wing 3, received unmanned aerial vehicles of 3rd Battalion Dominator XP.

The ceremony on September 1, 2023, marks the official launch into service alongside the unmanned aerial vehicles BR1 Aeronautics Aerostar BP Squadron 302 and unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned surveillance aircraft, and training type  BR.TF1 (RTAF U-1) Squadron 301, Wing 3.

(AAG)