Taranis UCAV to have third round of flight tests

The secretive Taranis unmanned combat air vehicle demonstrator is set to carry out the third and possibly last round of flight tests in Australia this year.

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By Mike Young (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

A Ministry of Defence spokesman said there are no current plans for further Taranis test flights beyond those expected at the end of the year.

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