Ejército del Aire beschafft GA-ASI RQ-4B "Reaper" und Airbus SIRTAP

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Eine RQ-4B der spanischen Luftwaffe hat erstmals die Zielzuweisung einer lasergelenkten Waffe durchgeführt, die von einer F-18M aus auf ein Ziel am Truppenübungsplatz Bardenas abgeworfen wurde:

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Airbus has signed a contract with the Spanish Ministry of Defence for the development and acquisition of SIRTAP, a High Performance Tactical UAS that will reinforce the tactical capabilities of the Spanish Army and the Air and Space Force.

This contract includes a total of nine systems, each consisting of three unmanned aerial vehicles and one ground control station. Furthermore, two simulators will be supplied to train the Spanish Armed Forces.

SIRTAP, with a payload of more than 150kgs, has been designed for advanced surveillance, intelligence and reconnaissance missions, both over land and at sea. A range of more than 2,000km and an endurance of more than 20 hours will provide high flexibility and reactivity, allowing for day and night operations in the most demanding environments. The system will be certified to fly in segregated airspace.

In the future, this tactical UAS will be able to operate jointly with other platforms to be integrated into a system of systems. The development of SIRTAP will bring the national industry key experience and competences in the field of Remote Carriers for FCAS.

First flight of the SIRTAP prototype is expected to take place in 2025.

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Adquisición de nueve sistemas SIRTAP

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494,9 Mio. EUR für neun Systeme.

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Airbus builds first SIRTAP prototype, ready to commence ground trials

Airbus announced the milestone in mid-June, seven months after assembly of the first prototype was launched on the new line at Getafe in November 2024.

“The ground testing – comprising structural evaluations, main-systems components, and software testing – is due to take place over the next months and will finish with the maiden flight, scheduled by the end of 2025 at Spain's National Institute of Aerospace Technology's (INTA's) Test Center for Unmanned Systems (CEUS) in Huelva, southwest Spain,” the manufacturer said.

A second prototype airframe for the Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD) is also being built. With the first flight expected to take place in 2025, entry into Spanish service is slated for 2026.

In November 2023, the Spanish MoD contracted nine unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) comprising a total of 27 air vehicles and nine ground control stations for the Spanish Army and the Spanish Air and Space Force. With two simulators, the deal was valued at approximately EUR495 million (USD543 million at the time).

With a maximum take-off weight of 700 kg and a 150 kg payload capability, the SIRTAP (a Spanish acronym that loosely translates as Integrated System for High-Performance Unmanned Air System) is intended to be equipped with both a multimission radar (enabling over land and maritime roles) and an electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) sensor turret. Company specifications give the unmanned aircraft a range of more than 2,000 km and an endurance of over 20 hours.

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