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German Team Performs Remote Carrier Air Launch Test

The launch was the first inflight test of remote carrier technology destined for the Future Combat Air System.

Airbus remote carrier — The modified Do-DT25 drone drops away from the A400M’s rear ramp before its engines are started. (Photo: Airbus)

By David Donald • Contributor - UK

December 13, 2022

A German government/industry team has carried out the first launch of a remote carrier flight test demonstrator from an Airbus A400M transport as part of the development of the Franco/German/Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS). The demonstrator air vehicle—a modified Airbus Do-DT25 drone—was launched facing forwards from rails mounted on the rear ramp of a Luftwaffe A400M transport, according to an announcement by Airbus on December 12.

During the test, the demonstrator was initially controlled from the A400M, and as it glided away the engines were started. Control was then handed over to a ground station at the Todendorf range on the Baltic coast, from where it was guided to a successful landing.

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