• EC145 unmanned flight demonstration (25.04.2013) Eurocopter validates its optionally piloted helicopter capabilities with successful unmanned EC145 demonstration flights at Istres, France....>> • Steering Board: EDA Key Initiatives Make Progress (22.04.2013) At the meeting of the Steering Board on 23 April 2013, Ministers of Defence noted the good progress some of the European Defence Agency’s key initiatives made in recent months. ...>> • Tranche 3 Typhoon goes on test (16.03.2013) Assembly of the first Tranche 3 Typhoon, destined for delivery to the Royal Air Force, has now been completed together with initial testing....>> • Euro Hawk Completes First Flight with Sigint Payload (24.01.2013) Northrop Grumman and EADS Cassidian conducted the first signals intelligence (Sigint) sensor test flight of the Euro Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) on January 11. ...>> • The first production EC175 helicopter takes flight (12.12.2012) The company also announced the aircraft’s performance figures, with a recommended cruise speed of kts. – 10 kts. faster than the previous figure without affecting payload range – w...>> • Neuron UCAV Makes Its Maiden Flight (3.12.2012) Europe’s first unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) has flown. The Neuron technology demonstrator took off from the Dassault test base at Istres, France, at dawn on December 1....>>