Redhawk Drone

"The Redhawk Drone uses Explosive weapons to bombard targets at mid-level scramble range."

General
The Redhawk Drone is an all-round Explosive squadron with moderate health and range. It can only be equipped on Xeno Division Hulls or better.

Advantages
Redhawk Drones are essentially Bomber Squadrons on steroids, having many times more health and damage.

They are fairly tanky, requiring Xeno Division Ship Weapons or better to take them down quickly, and can effectively fight other carriers as the range disadvantage is not that much even against Hunter Swarms.

Redhawk Drones are best used in conjunction with other squadrons as cannon fodder and/or damage dealers; the multiple speeds of different types of drones makes it extremely difficult for enemies to take them on all at once.

Disadvantages
While Redhawk Drones are decent in every aspect, they fail to excel in any one of them. They are significantly less durable than Yellowjacket Drones and lack the long range and speed of Bluetail Drones, which is not ideal if you want to specialize your Paladin Carrier.

Trivia

 * Along with other T6.5 equipment, this item's build time was significantly reduced during the late April 2019 update as summarized here.
 * The late October 2020 update unlocked the Redhawk Drone to the Spectre faction to complement the release of the Comandante Carrier.