First Airbus SIRTAP prototype ready to start ground tests

The ground testing - comprising  structural evaluations, main-systems components and software testing  - is due to take place over the next months and will finish with the maiden flight, scheduled by the end of 2025 at Spain’s National Institute of Aerospace Technology's (INTA’s) Unmanned Systems Test Centre (CEUS) in Huelva, south-west Spain.

The subsequent SIRTAP flight-test campaign at CEUS will run throughout 2026 and will be essential in obtaining the airworthiness type  certification and ensure that the aircraft meets the highest safety and performance standards, leading to the delivery of the first system to Spain in 2027.