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VIVAnews Indonesia - Recently the UK has been testing two unmanned combat aircraft, or drones.

Aircraft that have the name of Taranis is able to run surveillance, gather intelligence, and targeting attacks on land and air combat.

Reported by LiveScience, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, according to BAE Systems, the British aerospace company responsible for the production of Taranis, said on July 15 last, the iron bird has completed a series of trials the second flight.

In that trial, the operator assesses Taranis has intelligence as war planes because it is supported with secure communications systems, integrated engine, to have stealth technology that allows Taranis can avoid enemy radar detection.

Unmanned aircraft have had other advantages that were able independently to take off, leading to a search area target, detect targets that were targeted so that it can carry out the planning mancari he's after, and this vehicle has the ratings simulated damage when attacking and post-attack, before landing automatic.

Besides, Taranis has the ability to geo-target locations by relying on electronic maps onboard that can detect a target position when the GPS signal is jammed.

"Taranis is the culmination of engineering and design that is designed by British airlines," said BAE Systems.

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Head of business development of BAE Systems Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Martin Rowe-Willcoks, said although Taranis is a secret program but for some details about the air war had been released to the public.

This, because of the British company is still in the development stage most of the technology, so that said BAE Systems, US companies such as General Electric and Triumph Group contribute to the aviation system.

Taranis is shaped like an arrow with a wingspan that stretches about 10 meters overall.

The Taranis design program spends around US $ 316 million, or equivalent to Rp 3.6 trillion since it was first officially launched in July 2010.

On the occasion of the Farnborough International Airshow in mid-July, the UK has been working with the French Government to resume work on the Future Combat Air System with six industry, one of which is BAE Systems.

The program will be poured cost of US $ 205 million, or 2.3 trillion.

However, when disinggun whether such cooperation including technology demonstrator prototype, they were reluctant to confirm it. (Asp)