EADS has conducted a series of test flights of its Barracuda unmanned air vehicle (UAV) demonstrator from Goose Bay air force base in Canada.

The manufacturer, which claims the Barracuda is the largest UAV built in Europe, says the four flights were used to test technologies and procedures "in realistic conditions".

During the test campaign in the Goose Bay area of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the jet-powered demonstrator flew autonomously along pre-programmed flight profiles, says EADS Defence & Security (DS). It was monitored from a ground station "with respect to flight safety only", it adds.

The first Barracuda technology testbed had its maiden flight in April 2006, but crashed in September of that year during its second sortie.

"We once again have a demonstrator for the autonomous and network-centric UAV mission systems of the future," says Bernhard Gerwert, head of the DS Military Air Systems business unit.

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Cudno nesto ima na trecoj fotki, odmah do mlaznika - izgleda kao da je otkinut neki delic pa se vidi presek korena desnog kormila dubine, a u stvari nije to, nego nekako nedovrseno nesto Nemam pojma sta mu je to. Da ima fotka ravno odozada bilo bi jasnije. Na tom srebrenastom delu vide se i neke okrugle dzidza-bidze; vrag ce ga znati.
Super fotke i tema. 
UAV-i ce biti dobar deo buduce avijacije, jednom.

Vidi se i na prvoj fotki kad se malo zagleda, kao da je skinut poklopac za pristup nekoj opremi koja je tu smeštena i nije vraćen, tako meni barem izgleda. Vidim i na nekim slikama stare barakude da je slično.

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