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Presentation of UCAV Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle nEUROn to the Government
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Istres,
France, January 20th, 2012 - The nEUROn, European UCAV technology demonstrator,
has been officially presented to the representatives of the six participating
countries by Mr. Charles Edelstenne, Chairman & CEO of Dassault Aviation.
Mr. Serge Dassault, Honorary Chairman of the company, as well as the representatives
of the nEUROn industrial team - Saab (Sweden), Alenia Aermacchi (Italy),
EADS-CASA (Spain), HAI (Greece) and RUAG (Switzerland) - attended this
ceremony. |
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 The nEUROn, European UCAV technology demonstrator, has been officially presented to the representatives of the six participating countries by Mr. Charles Edelstenne, Chairman & CEO of Dassault Aviation. Mr. Serge Dassault, Honorary Chairman of the company (Credit photo © Dassault Aviation - Ph. Stroppa) |
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This
presentation is a major milestone after five years of design, development,
production, assembly and the first static tests of the nEUROn demonstrator.
The first engine tests will be performed very soon, aiming at a first
flight mid-2012. Afterwards, a complete sequence of test flights will
take place during two years in France, Sweden and Italy. These tests will
address flight qualities, stealthiness, air-to-ground weapon firing from
an internal bay, integration into a C4i environment as well as the insertion
of uninhabited platform in airspace. The National Armament Director - or their representatives - of the six participating countries (France, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Greece and Switzerland) have been able to see for the first time this demonstrator that represents a triple "first" for the aerospace industries of European countries: first stealth combat aircraft, first UCAV developed in co-operation and first combat aircraft entirely designed and developed on a virtual plateau. |
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 The nEUROn, European UCAV technology demonstrator, has been officially presented to the representatives of the six participating countries by Mr. Charles Edelstenne, Chairman & CEO of Dassault Aviation. Mr. Serge Dassault, Honorary Chairman of the compan (Credit photo © Dassault Aviation) |
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Launched
at the initiative of the French Ministry of Defense in 2003, the nEUROn
program has two aims: - to develop the technologies critical to tomorrow's combat aircraft; - to validate an innovative co-operation model, that optimizes the respective know-hows of the participating industries under the leadership of a single recognized and accepted main contractor. During a brief speech, Mr. Charles Edelstenne said that it is now up to the Governments to think about a follow-up to nEUROn, in order to use at the best the experience gained during five years of development work. |
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