Airbus Proves Remote Carrier Links To Combat Aircraft

German Air Force Tornado
Credit: U.S. Air Force
Airbus has demonstrated how it could connect unmanned remote carrier platforms in a multi-datalink environment. The capability, which forms part of the planned European Future Combat Air System (FCAS), was proved during a German Air Force exercise—Timber Express—using Eurofighter Typhoon and Panavia...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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