Войти

The British are developing an unmanned fighter

Sections: Air, New development
2640
0
0
Image source: warspot.ru

The UK will build its own guided drones. Yesterday, April 28, the portal janes.com he announced that the company Spirit AeroSystems has announced all participants in the Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA) program, which will produce unmanned Mosquito fighters.

The future creation of the Mosquito drones was announced in January this year, when the UK Ministry of Defense provided Spirit AeroSystems with £30 million for the development and production of prototype drones. Yesterday, Spirit AeroSystems announced the completion of the team, which will also include specialists from Northrop Grumman and Intrepid Minds.

Render of the Mosquito drone

Image source: gov.uk

"The non-crewed Mosquito combat aircraft will be designed to fly at high speed alongside fighter jets. Armed with missiles, surveillance technology, and electronic warfare, it will be able to provide an advantage over enemy forces. These planes, known as "loyal wingmen", will be the first unmanned platforms in the UK capable of hitting enemy aircraft, as well as surviving in the fight against surface-to — air missiles, "the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom reported.

Flight tests of the Mosquito are planned for 2023. In the future, these drones will become wingmen of Typhoon, Tempest and F-35 fighters.

The rights to this material belong to
The material is placed by the copyright holder in the public domain
  • The news mentions
Продукция
Компании
Проекты
Do you want to leave a comment? Register and/or Log in
ПОДПИСКА НА НОВОСТИ
Ежедневная рассылка новостей ВПК на электронный почтовый ящик
  • Discussion
    Update
  • 15.07 23:02
  • 9654
Without carrot and stick. Russia has deprived America of its usual levers of influence
  • 15.07 15:29
  • 0
ChatGPT-4 и нейросети (ИИ) спешат на помощь ГШ ВС РФ и Российской армии
  • 15.07 15:23
  • 0
ИИ теперь сам себе программист: новая эра самообучающихся алгоритмов
  • 15.07 08:48
  • 1
В ДНР заявили, что в Донбассе не останется безопасных мест, если Киев получит JDAM-ER
  • 15.07 08:23
  • 24
APU drones attacked Siberia for the first time. They were flying out of the truck to hit the airfield.
  • 15.07 06:26
  • 0
Текст от 1995 г. А. Зиновьев, "Русский эксперимент". Фрагмент, естественно. :)
  • 15.07 02:57
  • 0
Ответ на "Россия закрепилась на Украине надолго (Financial Times, Великобритания)"
  • 15.07 02:13
  • 2
Путин: в основе противоречий между Россией и Западом лежит не идеология
  • 15.07 01:30
  • 320
Космонавтика Илона Маска
  • 14.07 20:25
  • 0
Ответ на "На Западе заявили о революционных возможностях новых российских Су-34М"
  • 14.07 18:21
  • 1
New conversion
  • 14.07 07:12
  • 1
Russia has gained a foothold in Ukraine for a long time (Financial Times, UK)
  • 14.07 00:59
  • 466
Израиль усиливает меры безопасности в связи с опасениями ударов со стороны Ирана
  • 14.07 00:59
  • 15
Putin and relations with Azerbaijan: Focus on the South Caucasus (Al Mayadeen, Lebanon)
  • 14.07 00:56
  • 4
Ukraine has received new cruise missiles SCALP: what kind of weapon is this?