DefenceTalkThe Defence Secretary and Prime Minister visited Amiens, France where a ground-breaking new £1.54bn project was announced to build a prototype of the next generation of unmanned aircraft. The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project builds on the successful £120million joint feasibility study undertaken after the last UK France Summit in 2014. At the summit, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-uk-future-combat-air-system-project-moves-forward-66931/

DefenceTalkWith the completion of its 100th flight in February, the nEUROn UCAV technology demonstrator has completed its test campaign in France. Throughout this entire campaign, the nEUROn and associated equipment demonstrated exemplary availability and reliability. In the first phase, the purpose of the tests was to open the flight envelope (including with weapon bay doors […]https://www.defencetalk.com/neuron-ucav-success-for-test-campaign-in-france-63438/

DefenceTalkTogether with the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MOD) we have today revealed that Taranis, the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle demonstrator, has successfully completed a second phase of flight testing Taranis – the most advanced aircraft ever built by British engineers – flew in a fully ‘stealthy’ configuration, making it virtually invisible to radar during […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taranis-ucav-demos-stealth-capabilities-in-second-phase-of-flight-trials-60169/

DefenceTalkAn unmanned drone said to be the most technologically advanced aircraft ever built in Britain has made its first successful test flights, military chiefs announced on Wednesday. The 185 million ($302 million, 223 million euros) top-secret Taranis craft, named after the Celtic god of thunder, conducted the tests at an unnamed location, believed to be […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uks-most-advanced-aircraft-makes-succesful-test-flights-50262/

DefenceTalkThe UK Ministry of Defence (UK MOD) and BAE Systems have revealed that Taranis, the stealthy unmanned combat vehicle demonstrator and the most advanced aircraft ever built by British engineers, surpassed all expectations during its first flight trials last year. Taranis, named after the Celtic god of thunder, made its maiden flight at an undisclosed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/bae-unveils-taranis-stealthy-ucav-50252/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman, in cooperation with Saab Aerosystems, has provided the attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) for the nEUROn Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator, which recently completed a successful first flight. Northrop Grumman’s German navigation systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF, supplied the fibre-optic, gyrocompassing LCR-100 AHRS for the European UCAV demonstrator. The LCR-100 AHRS […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-flight-of-neuron-uav-demonstrator-conducted-46899/