Taranis: British stealth drone passes top-secret trial

UK's £185m unmanned Taranis drone completes 'full stealth' flight above the Australian desert

The Taranis drone
(Image credit: BAE Systems)

Britain has successfully completed secret trials of its state-of-the-art Taranis stealth drone above the Australian desert, it was revealed at the Farnborough Airshow yesterday.

The flight of the delta-winged, finless aircraft in "full stealth configuration" was hailed as a success by the companies involved in the project: BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce and Qinetiq.

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