BAE Systems/Dassault Telemos

The BAE Systems/Dassault Telemos was an unmanned military aircraft being jointly developed by BAE Systems and Dassault.[2]

Telemos
Role Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
National origin United Kingdom / France
Manufacturer BAE Systems / Dassault
Status Cancelled[1]
Number built 1

Development

The BAE Systems Mantis, which first flew in 2009, was being used as the basis of development. However, flying large UAVs in British airspace was a challenge.[3]

A mockup of Telemos was unveiled at the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget in 2011; by this time BAE and Dassault were cooperating closely, with BAE in the lead role. There was not yet a formal joint requirement for the UAV from the French and British armed forces, but requirements were firming up, including round-the-clock ISTAR capability. Any acquisition would be influenced by EU competition law.[4]

More agreements were planned at the Farnborough Airshow in 2012.

Telemos was expected to be a competitor with the EADS Talarion and American UAVs for a future order by the South Korean government.[5] It could also have been a candidate for the Royal Air Force's "Scavenger" project.

There was an exclusive agreement between BAE Systems and Dassault; they would not cooperate with other partners to develop UAVs. Lacking serious rivals in the UK, this made the BAE/Dassault partnership much more likely to get contracts from the British government. The Telemos was likely to compete with the Talarion for various future European deals.[6]

The Anglo-French Telemos programme was abandoned in July 2012, as the new French socialist government considered cooperating instead with other European partners on the EADS Talarion programme.[1]

Design

Both turboprops and turbofans were considered for the initial design; the mockup shown at Le Bourget had turboprops, which would allow longer endurance at the cost of slower climbing.

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See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References
  1. "France and Britain Make Progress with Two Out of Three UAVs". AINonline. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. "BAE Systems, Dassault Name Joint UAV Effort". Aviation Week. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  3. "BAE and Dassault to Sign Telemos MALE UAS Contract at Farnborough". UAS Vision. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  4. "Paris 2011: BAE and Dassault team up for Telemos". AIN Online. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  5. "US Will Sell Global Hawks – Will South Korea Buy?". Defense Industry Daily. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  6. "BAE Systems-Dassault Aviation Telemos Revives France's UAV Wars". defense-aerospace.com. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
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