Airbus Produces 2,000th Target Drone - AVweb

The 2,000th target drone produced by Airbus Defence and Space’s Target Systems & Services has rolled off the production line in Friedrichshafen, Germany, the company announced on Monday. Target drone number 2,000 is a Do-DT45 model intended for use in a military training exercise with Airbus partner Andøya Space Defence. Launched by ramp, the Do-DT45 target drone is designed to simulate high speed targets, offering a top speed of 440 knots and climb capabilities up to 25,000 feet.


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Wunderbar! Airbus defence is producing V-1!
This is why they call it ‘defence’, take out fences, destroy protections.
When are they going to have the monopoly in model airplanes? Is the only field they don’t touch

The drone in the picture reminds me of the '50’s Regulus that I first saw looong ago as part of a submarine model kit.

I was thinking the same thing!

If you want to test your defense equipment capabilities then simply go to Ukraine and do it on the real thing! Test against real systems. What is not said is what the explosive payload capacity of these might be. I bet if the Ukrainians get their hands on them they will become weapons not target drones.