Big year for BAE’s UAVs
This promises to be a milestone year for BAE Systems’ growing unmanned air systems business with the first flights of both the demonstrator for the Mantis

This promises to be a milestone year for BAE Systems’ growing unmanned air systems business with the first flights of both the demonstrator for the Mantis persistent ISTAR (intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance) aircraft and of the production-standard Herti. On top of this, the UK group will complete manufacturing of its new Taranis demonstrator.

Having identified the unmanned air vehicle as a key area for future growth, BAE embarked on a series of projects to apply its technological expertise to this growing sector. In February 2006 it established an autonomous systems and future capability department to concentrate on UAV-related work. Later it created the global unmanned air systems team to tie together the UAS capabilities from across the company.

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