Dassault nEUROn
Neuron Dassault adalah sebuah pesawat militer nirawak eksperimental Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) yang dikembangkan oleh perusahaan Prancis Dassault Aviation.

Pabrikan pesawat asal Prancis, Dassault Aviation menyatakan telah memperlihatkan pesawat tempur tak berawak rancangan asli Eropa, Neuron, kepada para mitra industrinya dari enam negara Eropa di Paris, Jumat (20/1/2012). Drone ini akan mulai menjalani uji terbang pada bulan Juni mendatang.

Kendaraan Udara Tempur Tak Berawak (UCAV) seberat lima ton, dengan desain sayap delta itu, dirancang untuk melengkapi negara-negara Eropa dengan armada drone yang setara dengan milik Amerika Serikat yang telah terbukti efektif di berbagai medan pertempuran.

Dassault memimpin program pembuatan Neuron ini, yang dilakukan bersama dengan produsen pesawat Saab dari Swedia, Alenia dari Italia, RUAG dari Swiss, Hellenic Aerospace Industry dari Yunani, dan raksasa industri dirgantara Eropa, EADS.

Menurut Dassault, uji terbang akan dilakukan mulai pertengahan tahun ini selama dua tahun. Baru setelah itu akan diputuskan apakah pesawat ini akan diproduksi massal untuk memenuhi kebutuhan militer regional. Sekilas, bentuk Neuron mengingatkan pada pesawat pengebom B-2 Spirit buatan AS.

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Referensi

Pranala luar 
 Dassault nEUROn page
 Defense-Aeropace.com (Feb 10/06) - Contract Launches Euro UCAV Demonstrator . Collects various facts about the program.
 AFCEA Signal Magazine (September 2005) - nEUROn Gains Altitude. Excellent article.
 nEUROn programme (Paris Air Show 2005) - Europe’s UCAV Demonstrator Neuron Will Be a Stealth Platform  (European Security, June 10, 2005)
 nEUROn project (Paris Air Show 2004) - nEUROn: Europe’s UCAV Demonstrator  (European Security, June 10, 2004)

Media link 
 video: nEUROn (AVE Grand Duc version) promotional featurette, June 11, 2005 (Dassault Aviation)
 video: nEUROn, AVE-C & AVE-D design and flight, Dassault Activities (Dassault Aviation)
 gallery: nEUROn (single-engine version) official gallery by Dassault  (Scale model replica photographies & CG concept artworks)
 scale model: nEUROn's official 1:48 scale model by Dassault

Daftar yang berhubungan 
 Unveilling the nEUROn Europe’s UCAV demonstrator by Dassault (June 11, 2005) 
 The European technology demonstrator nEUROn, February 9, 2006, French Defence Ministry
 Saab (Feb 9/06) - Important player in nEUROn
 Spanish Government (Dec 30/05) - Agreement with France for a Demonstrator of an Unmanned Combat Aircraft 
 Press release: nEUROn, First intermediate synthesis review (12th of Sept., 2006)
 Thales joins Neuron UCAV programme  (European Security)
 Drones in France. An official report by the French Ministry of Defence about the national history of drones.
 DARPA - J-UCAS Program . Includes the Boeing X-45C and the Northrop-Grumman X-47B.
 See all Defense Industry Daily coverage of the J-UCAS program  and its platforms.
 Airforce Technology - X-45 J-UCAV Joint Unmanned Combat Air System, USA
 Airforce Technology - X-47 Pegasus Naval Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV-N), USA
 Northrop Grumman Analysis Center, 3rd Joint-Industry Forum (Feb 16/05) - Joint Unmanned Combat Air System and US Military Transformation (7.2 MB, PDF Format). Excellent presentation that explains the interest in UCAVs and the effect of removing the pilot on the ability to provide persistent coverage of an area.
 Defense Industry Daily (Jan 24/06) - British CORAX UAV Joins UCAV Trend .
 Dassault Aviation - Logiduc program. The precursor to the nEUROn. The Petit Duc ("European Scops Owl"), codenamed AVE-D, was the first stealth unmanned aircraft to fly in Europe on July 18, 2000. It was followed by the AVE-C Moyen Duc ("Long-eared Owl") in 2001. The third and final version Grand Duc ("Eurasian Eagle Owl") would become the multinational nEUROn.
 Saab - SHARC Program . A precursor to its work on nEUROn in many ways, and one of the main reasons Saab has a leading role alongside Dassault.

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