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20/11/2013 Par Caroline Bruneau – Air & Cosmos
Cassidian a profité du salon de Dubai pour annoncer le début des travaux sur le Sagitta. Le Sagitta est un modèle de drone à échelle réduite qui sera fabriquée pour tester les technologies du futur.
«La voilure en carbone ultra-léger est en production», a expliqué la filiale d’EADS. Tout le travail de recherche est fait en partenariat avec le DLR, le centre de recherche aéronautique allemand. Le premier modèle devrait être fini en 2014, pour un premier vol en 2015.
Le Sagitta avait été présenté en juin dernier au salon du Bourget. Ce projet vise notamment à réaliser des travaux de recherche fondamentale pour les futurs systèmes de drones.
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Sagitta – photo Cassidian
Nov. 18, 2013 by Craig Hoyle – FG$
Dubai - Cassidian used the opening day of the Dubai air show to detail its plans to in 2015 fly a sub-scale demonstrator intended to prove future unmanned air system technologies.
A collaborative effort being performed with universities and research institutes, the Sagitta project is now advancing to include the assembly of a one quarter-scale demonstrator of the 12m (39ft) wingspan design, following windtunnel testing.
“The first parts of the extremely light-weight carbon fibre structure are now in production,” says the EADS company, which is performing the work at its Manching site near Munich, Germany. The aircraft will be complete in late 2014. Flight testing to be performed from the following year will prove “the validity and feasibility of the theoretical research results”, it adds.
“Sagitta is a perfect example of a successful cooperation between industry, research institutes and universities,” says Aimo Bülte, Cassidian’s head of research and technology. Study activities performed during the already two-year initiative have included aerodynamics, control systems, autonomous flight and air-to-air refuelling, the company says.
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