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Britain's supersonic super-drone Taranis tested over Australian desert
FEBRUARY 07, 2014 7:33AM
UK stealth drone
CHARLES MIRANDA and STAFF WRITERS news.com.au
THE future of warfare is awesomely terrifying.
Britain has developed a new super-drone which will be able to fly undetected by radar, travel at supersonic speeds and carry guided bombs and missiles, all while being controlled via satellite from anywhere in the world.
The drone, named "Taranis" in a reference to the Celtic thunder god, has been in development since 2006. It's come with a price tag of $337 million, and has been funded jointly by Britain's Ministry of Defence and a group of defence companies in the UK.
A "demonstrator" aircraft was unveiled in July of 2010. The drone then had to undergo a bunch of pre-flight tests.
"These included unmanned pilot training, radar cross section measurements, ground station system integration and, in April 2013, taxi trials," defence company BAE says.
It finally flew for the first time in August, and although the British government won't confirm the location, the historic flight appears to have taken place over the South Australian desert.
Coalition military forces have previously used the RAAF's Woomera test range, which is 500km northwest of Adelaide.
Apparently, parts of the aircraft were flown to Australia in a giant C-17 military transporter and reassembled on the ground in a guarded hangar.
You can watch footage of the flight above.
"The demonstrator aircraft made a perfect takeoff, rotation, climb-out and landing on its 15-minute first flight," the British Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
Taranis has been designed to handle a wide range of missions, including "sustained surveillance, marking targets, gathering intelligence, deterring adversaries and carrying out strikes in hostile territory".
Translated, that means it spies on things, puts bullseyes on things, spies on things, intimidates people and blows stuff up. It's practically an entire military. All within a drone that's 12m long and 10m wide.
"The Taranis concept aircraft represents the pinnacle of UK engineering and aeronautical design," BAE says.
"(It's) the result of one-and-a-half million man hours of work by the UK's leading scientists, aerodynamicists and systems engineers from 250 UK companies.
"The findings from the aircraft's test flights show that the UK has developed a significant lead in understanding unmanned aircraft which could strike with precision over a long range whilst remaining undetected."
As we said, it's awesomely terrifying.
This image from 2010 shows the Taranis prototype. Source: AP
Specs:
Data from Airforce-Technology.com[9]
General characteristics
Length: 12.43 m (40 ft 9 in)
Wingspan: 10 m (32 ft 10 in) (approximate)[20]
Height: 4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Adour Moderate by-pass ratio turbofan engine, 44 kN (10,000 lbf) thrust (approximate)
Performance
Maximum speed: Mach < 1 [17]
Armament
2 x internal missile bay provision
Britain's supersonic super-drone Taranis tested over Australian desert | News.com.au
Hopefully it will soon be raining down on ISIS terrorists in syria and Iraq from our new bases in UAE and Bahrain. Britain Beefs Up Military Might In Bahrain, UK to establish £15m permanent Mid East military base - BBC News
Now going up against:
France completes testing of Neuron UCAV
Frédéric Lert, Bordeaux - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
10 March 2015
France has completed its flight test campaign of the Neuron unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) technology demonstrator, the country's defence procurement agency has stated.
Flight trials were completed on 26 February, according to the Direction générale de l'armement (DGA), 26 months after the UCAV's first flight on 1 December 2012.
France has completed its set of flight trials on the pan-European Neuron UCAV technology demonstrator. (Dassault Aviation)
The flight trial programme included 100 flights, split into two main phases. With the French part of the programme completed, the pan-European UCAV will now move to Italy and then Sweden for further testing.
The first phase of testing focused on the aircraft's flight envelope and checking its systems. This included around 80 flights and the same amount of flight hours, with the aircraft operated by Dassault under the leadership of the DGA.
France completes testing of Neuron UCAV - IHS Jane's 360
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Britain's supersonic super-drone Taranis tested over Australian desert
FEBRUARY 07, 2014 7:33AM
UK stealth drone
CHARLES MIRANDA and STAFF WRITERS news.com.au
THE future of warfare is awesomely terrifying.
Britain has developed a new super-drone which will be able to fly undetected by radar, travel at supersonic speeds and carry guided bombs and missiles, all while being controlled via satellite from anywhere in the world.
The drone, named "Taranis" in a reference to the Celtic thunder god, has been in development since 2006. It's come with a price tag of $337 million, and has been funded jointly by Britain's Ministry of Defence and a group of defence companies in the UK.
A "demonstrator" aircraft was unveiled in July of 2010. The drone then had to undergo a bunch of pre-flight tests.
"These included unmanned pilot training, radar cross section measurements, ground station system integration and, in April 2013, taxi trials," defence company BAE says.
It finally flew for the first time in August, and although the British government won't confirm the location, the historic flight appears to have taken place over the South Australian desert.
Coalition military forces have previously used the RAAF's Woomera test range, which is 500km northwest of Adelaide.
Apparently, parts of the aircraft were flown to Australia in a giant C-17 military transporter and reassembled on the ground in a guarded hangar.
You can watch footage of the flight above.
"The demonstrator aircraft made a perfect takeoff, rotation, climb-out and landing on its 15-minute first flight," the British Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
Taranis has been designed to handle a wide range of missions, including "sustained surveillance, marking targets, gathering intelligence, deterring adversaries and carrying out strikes in hostile territory".
Translated, that means it spies on things, puts bullseyes on things, spies on things, intimidates people and blows stuff up. It's practically an entire military. All within a drone that's 12m long and 10m wide.
"The Taranis concept aircraft represents the pinnacle of UK engineering and aeronautical design," BAE says.
"(It's) the result of one-and-a-half million man hours of work by the UK's leading scientists, aerodynamicists and systems engineers from 250 UK companies.
"The findings from the aircraft's test flights show that the UK has developed a significant lead in understanding unmanned aircraft which could strike with precision over a long range whilst remaining undetected."
As we said, it's awesomely terrifying.
This image from 2010 shows the Taranis prototype. Source: AP
Specs:
Data from Airforce-Technology.com[9]
General characteristics
Length: 12.43 m (40 ft 9 in)
Wingspan: 10 m (32 ft 10 in) (approximate)[20]
Height: 4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Adour Moderate by-pass ratio turbofan engine, 44 kN (10,000 lbf) thrust (approximate)
Performance
Maximum speed: Mach < 1 [17]
Armament
2 x internal missile bay provision
Britain's supersonic super-drone Taranis tested over Australian desert | News.com.au
Hopefully it will soon be raining down on ISIS terrorists in syria and Iraq from our new bases in UAE and Bahrain. Britain Beefs Up Military Might In Bahrain, UK to establish £15m permanent Mid East military base - BBC News
Now going up against:
France completes testing of Neuron UCAV
Frédéric Lert, Bordeaux - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
10 March 2015
France has completed its flight test campaign of the Neuron unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) technology demonstrator, the country's defence procurement agency has stated.
Flight trials were completed on 26 February, according to the Direction générale de l'armement (DGA), 26 months after the UCAV's first flight on 1 December 2012.
France has completed its set of flight trials on the pan-European Neuron UCAV technology demonstrator. (Dassault Aviation)
The flight trial programme included 100 flights, split into two main phases. With the French part of the programme completed, the pan-European UCAV will now move to Italy and then Sweden for further testing.
The first phase of testing focused on the aircraft's flight envelope and checking its systems. This included around 80 flights and the same amount of flight hours, with the aircraft operated by Dassault under the leadership of the DGA.
France completes testing of Neuron UCAV - IHS Jane's 360
Take your pick.
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hipe tobsee more cooperation between our two coubtries , we need more more news like this one:
