"Euro Hawk" programsuper-drone army completed the first test flight
Manching - More than a year the first "Euro Hawk" drone has arrived in Germany. She was supposed to be ready in May - but only on Friday is the prototype in Manching near Ingolstadt launched the first test flight.
As the defense contractor EADS Cassidian announced that the unmanned jet was launched at 10.36 clock and have a spiral climb reaches its test altitude of over 15,000 feet, which is well above the normal altitude airliners. In the six-hour test flight, the technique for collecting and evaluating radio and radar signals had been tested.
As a spokesman for the Federal Office of equipment, information technology and use (BAAINBw) explained to the "Euro Hawk" prototype passed in the last quarter of 2013, the Reconnaissance Wing 51 "Immelmann" in Schleswig-Jagel - if there are no more delays.
The "Euro Hawk" is based on the "Global Hawk" drone of the U.S. company Northrop Grumman, which has been used for years by the U.S. Air Force. The sensor, however, Cassidian has developed for the German Army. Even the dimensions of the RQ-4 "Euro Hawk" are huge: Its wingspan of 40 meters, that of a medium-sized transport aircraft such as the Airbus A320 exceeds, he is almost 15 tons and 14.5 meters long. 30 hours to the incessant drone remain in the air and can travel nearly 25,000 kilometers.
Delays because of technical difficulties
The complexity of the system was a reason for the delay in the "Euro Hawk" program, said the spokesman BAAINBw: It was the first time that the armed forces take an unmanned aircraft in operation on this scale."Equally high are the demands on the scope and quality of the verification for a German military aircraft registration," the spokesman told SPIEGEL ONLINE.
This one has evaluated the results of the work done in the U.S. test flights intensive. The German military certification authority had conducted analyzes."This process becomes more complicated and time consuming," said the spokesman. Also "direct relationship" from "Global Hawk" program, the U.S. Air Force had led to delays. In the end, even bad weather was to come: Icy runways would have prevented the planned first flight in mid-December.
The involvement of such a large unmanned aircraft in intensively farmed airspace Western Europe is obviously holds in the army for a problem.The altitude of the "Euro Hawk" is considerably higher than the commercial aircraft. "Conflicts of interest exist with respect to flight altitudes and routes is thus very limited," said the spokesman BAAINBw.
United are not only the dimensions of the drone, but also its cost: 570 million euros, the Bundeswehr alone paid for the prototype. Overall, for the procurement of five "Euro Hawk" copies € 1.2 billion has been earmarked. Since it scans can detect incoming missiles or radar sites and record at the same time radio and television programs, their future application is probably in war and crisis regions like Afghanistan
As a spokesman for the Federal Office of equipment, information technology and use (BAAINBw) explained to the "Euro Hawk" prototype passed in the last quarter of 2013, the Reconnaissance Wing 51 "Immelmann" in Schleswig-Jagel - if there are no more delays.
The "Euro Hawk" is based on the "Global Hawk" drone of the U.S. company Northrop Grumman, which has been used for years by the U.S. Air Force. The sensor, however, Cassidian has developed for the German Army. Even the dimensions of the RQ-4 "Euro Hawk" are huge: Its wingspan of 40 meters, that of a medium-sized transport aircraft such as the Airbus A320 exceeds, he is almost 15 tons and 14.5 meters long. 30 hours to the incessant drone remain in the air and can travel nearly 25,000 kilometers.
Delays because of technical difficulties
The complexity of the system was a reason for the delay in the "Euro Hawk" program, said the spokesman BAAINBw: It was the first time that the armed forces take an unmanned aircraft in operation on this scale."Equally high are the demands on the scope and quality of the verification for a German military aircraft registration," the spokesman told SPIEGEL ONLINE.
This one has evaluated the results of the work done in the U.S. test flights intensive. The German military certification authority had conducted analyzes."This process becomes more complicated and time consuming," said the spokesman. Also "direct relationship" from "Global Hawk" program, the U.S. Air Force had led to delays. In the end, even bad weather was to come: Icy runways would have prevented the planned first flight in mid-December.
The involvement of such a large unmanned aircraft in intensively farmed airspace Western Europe is obviously holds in the army for a problem.The altitude of the "Euro Hawk" is considerably higher than the commercial aircraft. "Conflicts of interest exist with respect to flight altitudes and routes is thus very limited," said the spokesman BAAINBw.
United are not only the dimensions of the drone, but also its cost: 570 million euros, the Bundeswehr alone paid for the prototype. Overall, for the procurement of five "Euro Hawk" copies € 1.2 billion has been earmarked. Since it scans can detect incoming missiles or radar sites and record at the same time radio and television programs, their future application is probably in war and crisis regions like Afghanistan
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