The nEUROn, European UCAV technology demonstrator, has been officially presented to the representatives of the six participating countries by Charles Edelstenne, Chairman & CEO of Dassault Aviation. Serge Dassault, Honorary Chairman of the company, as well as the representatives of the EUROn industrial team—Saab (Sweden), Alenia Aermacchi (Italy), EADS-CASA (Spain), HAI (Greece) and RUAG (Switzerland)—attended the ceremony.

This presentation is a major milestone after five years of design, development, production, assembly and the first static tests of the nEUROn demonstrator. The first engine tests will be performed very soon, aiming at a first flight mid-2012. Afterwards, a complete sequence of test flights will take place during two years in France, Sweden and Italy. These tests will address flight qualities, stealthiness, air-to-ground weapon firing from an internal bay, integration into a C4i environment as well as the insertion of uninhabited platform in airspace.