700 Naval Air Squadron

700X Naval Air Squadron
700 NAS Badge
Active21 January 1940 – 24 March 1944
11 October 1944 - 30 September 1949
18 August 1955 – 3 July 1961
1 December 1998 – 13 March 2008
14 May 2009 – 30 July 2014
1 October 2014 – present
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeFleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron
Role
  • Ship's Flight Aircraft (H.Q.)
  • Maintenance Test Pilot's School
  • Trials and Requirements Unit
  • Intensive Flying Trails Unit
  • Operational Test and Evaluation Remotely Piloted Air Systems
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Home stationRNAS Culdrose
Motto(s)Experientia docet
(Latin for 'Experiences teaches')
Aircraft
WebsiteOfficial website
Commanders
Current
commander		Lieutenant Commander M. Pennant, RN[2]
A Banshee Jet 80+ target drone on the flight deck of HMS Prince of Wales

700 Naval Air Squadron (700 NAS) is a Maritime Unmanned Air System squadron in the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm. Known as 700X Naval Air Squadron, where the 'X' is used to designate 'experimental', it is currently the Royal Navy's Remotely-piloted air systems (RPAS) or 'drone' expert unit.

  1. ^ "Peregrine rotary wing UAS conducts initial Royal Navy flying trials from HMS Lancaster". Navy Lookout. 11 September 2024.
  2. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. October 2022. p. 86.