Airbus U740 Valkyrie unmanned fighter to make first European flight by 2029
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Airbus's unmanned fighter U740 Valkyrie performed its first flight at a Nordic test facility using rocket assistance for take‑off and without a runway.
The 9.1 m long, 8.2 m wingspan aircraft, with a maximum take‑off weight of about 3 tonnes, reached a maximum speed of Mach 0.8 and carried out mission‑change tests; it is a cooperative combat aircraft designed to operate with manned fighters such as the Eurofighter, and its MARS mission system will be managed by European forces with human‑on‑the‑loop control.
Airbus plans for the U740 to make its first European flight by 2029.