Taranis demonstrates stealth capabilities in second phase of flight trials.Together with the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MOD), we have today revealed that Taranis, the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator, has successfully completed a second phase of flight testing.Taranis - the most advanced aircraft ever built by British engineers - flew in a fully ‘stealthy’ configuration, making it virtually invisible to radar during this latest set of trials.
In order to achieve an unprecedented level of stealth, the team changed all antennas on the aircraft to signature control variants and the air data boom on the nose of Taranis was removed. Following these modifications Taranis used a specially-designed system which allowed the aircraft to generate a full set of flight data, without the use of an external probe or boom.Taranis also used a cutting edge communications system to ensure it was able to stay in touch with its mission commander without giving away its position to the enemy.
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