Flight of the Taranis

Posted on 12 Feb 2014 by Victoria Fitzgerald

TM’s Victoria Fitzgerald took off to see the how the unmanned aircraft system, “Taranis” faired during its maiden flight.

In the grandeur setting of the Royal College of Engineering, representatives from BAE Systems, the Ministry of Defence, Rolls-Royce, the systems division of GE Aviation and QinetiQ gathered to reveal how unmanned combat aircraft system (UCAS) Taranis “surpassed all expectations” during its first flight trials. The flights took place at an undisclosed location on August…

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