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nEUROn at Paris Air Show 2013 | |
Role | Experimental stealth unmanned combat aerial vehicle |
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National origin |
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Manufacturer | Dassault Aviation |
First flight | 1 December 2012 |
Status | In development |
Developed from | AVE-C Moyen Duc |
The industrial goal is to give European firms experience designing and building high-end UAVs and associated technologies, in order to keep them competitive in the global marketplace. The first flight took place on December 1, 2012
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Mock-up of the nEURon at the 2005 Paris Air Show | |
Role | Sixth-generation jet fighter |
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National origin | France, Germany, Spain |
Status | Project |
This flying wing stealth UCAV project is the final phase of the French Dassault LOGIDUC 3-step stealth "combat drone" programme. Until June 2005 it had the form of the original Dassault developed Grand Duc vehicle: supersonic two-engined long-range unmanned bomber, capable of performing attacks with nuclear weapons.
Under pressure of the international cooperation, especially from Sweden and Saab, it was transformed into a demonstrator of smaller single-engine technology. Thus it is now optimised for the testing of various technologies for the future UAVs and UCAVs, and will not enter serial production. It will, however, clear the way for a commercial product, which will use the technologies developed thanks to the nEUROn program. The full-scale replica of the current configuration was unveiled at the Paris Air Show 2005[.
Ceiling
Endurance
Aircraft Speed
Max Crew
The aircraft main characteristics are the following: -
fuselage length ≈ 9.3 m; -
wing span ≈ 12.5 m; - MTOW (Maximum Take-Off Weight) ≈ 7000 kg; -
engine: RRTM Adour Mk951 hybrid; - main performance: total mission duration ≈ 3 hours; - max mach ≈ 0.80+; - VLO (Very Low Observability) radar and IR.
December 2012
€25m
France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland
10m
12.5m
At the end of 2016 and in early 2017, the furtivity performance test have been undertaken, with more than 130 flights. Since 2019, the nEUROn has carried out test flights at the Istres Air Base, to increase the operational use scenarios and confrontation campaigns regarding threats
To investigate and validate technologies that will be needed by 2015 to design UCAV aircraft.
As a UCAV, nEUROn will be significantly larger and more advanced than other well-known UAV systems like the MQ-1 Predator,