Recently a presentation in the nEUROn flight was organised by Dassault Aviation at Istres for French and foreign authorities involved in the programme. The Director General for Armaments, Laurent Collet-was present at the programme.

It is the first UCAV built in cooperation; it is the first stealth fighter aircraft; and is the first aircraft in combat completely designed and developed on a collaborative virtual plateau.

Collet-Billon said: “Their technical skills and their proven know-how, they listed this face to the challenge posed by the calendar’s design for a demonstrator of such complexity. Dassault Aviation, Saab and Alenia, EADS Casa, HAI RUAG have managed with great professionalism this technological challenge”.