Taranis (UAV)

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Taranis is a British demonstrator programme for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology. It is part of the UK's Strategic Unmanned Air Vehicle (Experimental) programme (SUAV[E]).

Taranis is led by BAE Systems and also involves Rolls-Royce, Smiths Aerospace, QinetiQ and the Ministry of Defence.[1] BAE Systems said "Taranis will make use of at least 10 years of research and development into low observables, systems integration, control infrastructure and full autonomy. It follows the completion of risk reduction activities to ensure the mix of technologies, materials and systems used are robust enough for the 'next logical step'."[1] These "risk reduction activities" were related BAE programmes including Replica/Nightjar, Kestrel, Corax, Raven and HERTI.[1]

The development of UAVs was a key part of the UK's Defence Industrial Strategy announced in December 2005, particularly the ability of the UK to maintain its "sovereign" aircraft/UAV skills.[1][2]

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  1. ^ a b c d BAE Systems plc (2006-12-07). BAE Systems to lead £124 million UAV technology demonstrator programm. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
  2. ^ "MoD To Invest In UAV Technology", MoD Oracle, NSI (Holdings) Ltd, 2006-12-07. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
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