Airbus DS begins flight trials of Taurus KEPD 350 on Typhoon

摘要

Flights trials of the Taurus KEPD 350 stand-off cruise missile aboard the Euro-fighter Typhoon combat aircraft began on 15 January, Airbus Defence & Space (formerly EADS) hasannounced. German Instrumented Production Aircraft 7 (IPA7) flew out of Manching Military Air Systems Center near Munich with two missiles mounted on its underwing pylons. The flight trials will explore issues of flutter and aerodynamics, and a large store interference assessment will be conducted. According to Airbus DS, the Taurus flight trials will run concurrent with those of the MBDA Storm Shadow so as to optimise the two integration programmes.