Colonel Simon Pope
Commander, UAS Group UK Ministry of DefenceColonel Simon Pope is Commander of the British Army's UAS Group. Commissioned into the Army Air Corps in 2002, he has served across a range of operational roles as a helicopter pilot and Joint Terminal Attack Controller, with multiple overseas deployments including Iraq, Afghanistan and wider global operations. He has held command appointments including command of 659 Squadron and a Joint Air Wing. Colonel Pope attended the Advanced Command and Staff Course (psc(j)) and has held staff roles in capability development and C4ISR in the MOD. He has a PhD from King's College London and assumed command of the UAS Group in 2025.
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