Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
GKN Confirms Manufacturing Role For BAE's Brontanax Drone
Composite specialist is manufacturing wings and control surfaces for the prototype
Large model onstage at Farnborough
BAE System’s collaborative combat aircraft concept, named Brontanax, was unveiled during July’s Farnborough Airshow © BAE Systems

GKN Aerospace has revealed its role in the design and manufacture of BAE Systems’ first collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) prototype, ‘Brontanax’. Unveiled at last week’s Farnborough airshow, the operational concept demonstrator is set to fly in the second half of 2027, spurred on by an evidenced capability need and what GKN described as “an accelerated timeline.”

On July 29, GKN reported it had completed the engineering, manufacturing, and full prototype integration of flight-ready wings, fins, and control surfaces for Brontanax. Flight-ready components were manufactured at GKN’s composite design and assembly facility at Cowes on the Isle of Wight.

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