BAE Systems - Taranis Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) First Flight 1080p

Together with the UK Ministry of Defence, we have revealed that Taranis, the stealthy unmanned combat vehicle demonstrator and the most advanced aircraft ever built by British engineers, surpassed all expectations during its first flight trials last year. Maiden flight Taranis, named after the Celtic god of thunder, made its maiden flight at an undisclosed test range on Saturday 10 August 2013, under the command of our test pilot Bob Fraser. The demonstrator aircraft made a perfect take-off, rotation