EADS says it will make a final decision on whether to build a second Barracuda unmanned air vehicle demonstrator by the end of this year, with discussions under way with the German defence ministry on ...

Flight tests of the EADS Barracuda unmanned combat air vehicle (UAV) demonstrator were due to resume in southern Spain late last week, with a new campaign of up to three flights intended to expand the ...

EADS has flown its Barracuda unmanned aerial vehicle demonstrator for the first time. The vehicle was flown for 20 min. from San Javier air base in Spain, because there were flight clearance issues ...

Cassidian is in discussions with the German defense ministry concerning additional flight demonstrations under a program to develop technology for future unmanned, surveillance and strike aircraft.

EADS has begun the flight test program for a new iteration of the Barracuda unmanned aircraft, to follow the vehicle that first flew in April 2006 and crashed about five months later. The new air ...

In a test series comprising four flights, EADS Defence & Security (DS) has successfully tested the unmanned flight system (UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) ‘Barracuda’ at Goose Bay airbase in Canada.

After the end of hostilities in WWII, France and Germany have become surprisingly close. The two nations are stalwart proponents of expanded European Union integration and are regularly referred to as ...

EADS Defence & Security has successfully tested its jet-powered Barracuda Unmanned Aerial Vehicle during a series of flights at Goose Bay air force base, Canada. According to EADS, the test campaign ...

The future of a European project aimed at matching U.S. and Israeli prowess in unmanned spyplanes that could eventually fire weapons was thrown into doubt after a test model crashed off the coast of ...

BERLIN, July 30 (UPI) -- The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. has resumed testing of its new Barracuda drone, following a crash of a less advanced model in 2006. Designer EADS Defense & ...