Airbus Defence and Space unveiled the U760 Ravenstorm uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft (UCCA) at the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) Berlin on June 9.
Aviation Week reported that Airbus is targeting 2032 service entry, with the aircraft carrying a maximum takeoff weight of approximately six metric tons and a payload capacity exceeding 500 kilograms, figures not included in the company’s official press release.
At @ILA_Berlin, Airbus presents Europe’s most versatile drone portfolio for defence and security. Among them is the latest addition to our range of uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft: the U760 Ravenstorm. It will support fighter pilots on a variety of missions by the early… pic.twitter.com/SitVROEbcE
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The unveiling comes as the Franco-German-led New Generation Fighter (NGF) program, a pillar of the broader Future Combat Air System (FCAS) initiative, has collapsed, increasing demand for drone-wingman platforms within European air forces. The Ravenstorm is the second indigenously developed UCCA to be publicly unveiled in Europe, following the CA-1 Europa.
A full-scale mockup of the aircraft, 13 meters long with a 10-meter wingspan, was displayed at ILA flanked by MBDA Spear air-to-surface and Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air (BVRAAM) missiles as representative payloads.
“Optimised for multi-domain missions, the UCCA’s capabilities include air-to-surface strikes using precision-guided munitions, air-to-air defence with long and medium-range anti-aircraft missiles, and electronic warfare for suppressing enemy air defences and offensive counter-air using non-kinetic jamming,” Airbus stated.
The Ravenstorm is powered by MARS, Airbus’ Multiplatform Autonomous Reconfigurable and Secure mission system, which integrates an AI-supported software core for platform autonomy and is scalable across the company’s drone portfolio. The design builds on the EADS Barracuda demonstrator, which flew for the first time 20 years ago.
Airbus also displayed the U740 Valkyrie at ILA, combining a Kratos-designed airframe with MARS and targeting German Air Force delivery by 2029 through manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) with Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft.
“Whatever uncrewed or ‘drone’ capability our customers need to strengthen sovereign air power, we deliver,” Airbus Defence and Space CEO Mike Schoellhorn said.
