Germany, Italy and Sweden hold advanced UAV project talks

Source URL: http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/07/11/Navigation/177/207705/Trio+hold+advanced+UAV+project+talks.html
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Germany is discussing with Italy and Sweden the possible launch of a multinational advanced unmanned air vehicle effort that could demonstrate many capabilities years ahead of the French-led Neuron, which is not expected to enter flight testing until 2011.

The German ministry of defence is planning to stage a four-year “Agile UAV in a network-centric environment” project focused on multi-role, high-speed UAVs, using the recently unveiled EADS Barracuda demonstrator.

The invitation to Italy is aimed at involving the Alenia Aeronautica Sky-X demonstrator, while Sweden would participate with the Saab Filur low-observable UAV. The demonstrations may also involve the use of manned aircraft as UAV surrogates. Agile is to be managed by Germany’s BWB defence procurement agency, while the European Defence Agency could play a co-ordinating role.

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