{"id":4271889,"date":"2026-06-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/airbus-u760-ravenstorm-loyal-wingman-ila-berlin\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:30:36","slug":"airbus-u760-ravenstorm-loyal-wingman-ila-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/airbus-u760-ravenstorm-loyal-wingman-ila-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravenstorm: Airbus Enters the Robot-Wingman Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\n\n<style>\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid #0F1720;background:#fff;color:#0F1720;font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;letter-spacing:0;text-transform:none;cursor:pointer;box-shadow:none;transition:background .15s,color 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It is Airbus\u2019s bid to matter in a contest the Americans and Chinese are already sprinting through.<\/p>\r\n<p>And it is not a one-off. Ravenstorm sits at the centre of a whole family of drones Airbus laid out in Berlin \u2014 a deliberate statement that Europe intends to build its own uncrewed air power rather than buy it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f4f6f8; border-radius: 8px; padding: 18px 22px; margin: 8px 0 26px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: .03em; color: #333; margin-bottom: 8px;\">QUICK FACTS<\/div>\r\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0; color: #666; width: 38%;\">Aircraft<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\"><strong>Airbus U-760 Ravenstorm<\/strong> (uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0; color: #666;\">Unveiled<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">ILA Berlin, June 2026<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0; color: #666;\">Size<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">13 m long, 10 m wingspan<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0; color: #666;\">Missions<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">Air-to-air, precision strike, SEAD, electronic warfare<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0; color: #666;\">Teams with<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">Crewed fighters such as the Eurofighter Typhoon<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0; color: #666;\">Target<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">Operational readiness around 2032<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">A wingman that never gets tired<\/h2>\r\n<p>At 13 metres long with a 10-metre wingspan, Ravenstorm is roughly the size of a light fighter \u2014 but with no pilot to protect, no life support and no ejection seat, every kilogram can go toward fuel, sensors and weapons. Airbus wants it to carry long-range air-to-air missiles, strike ground targets with precision munitions, hunt and jam enemy air defences, and wage electronic warfare, all while a human in a nearby jet keeps command.<\/p>\r\n<p>The division of labour is the whole point. The drone\u2019s mission systems and artificial intelligence fly the routine and chew through sensor data; the pilot makes the decisions that matter. It is the same crewed\u2013uncrewed teaming logic driving America\u2019s Collaborative Combat Aircraft and China\u2019s loyal-wingman experiments \u2014 only now with a European accent.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #1565c0; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7;\"><em>\u201cWhatever uncrewed or drone capability our customers need to strengthen sovereign air power, we deliver.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Mike Schoellhorn<\/strong> \u2014 CEO, Airbus Defence and Space, on the eve of ILA Berlin 2026<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">A portfolio, not a prototype<\/h2>\r\n<p>Ravenstorm did not arrive alone. In Berlin, Airbus presented a consolidated portfolio of European drones built around open architectures: the U-740 Valkyrie, a Europeanised version of the American Kratos XQ-58A; the U-145, an uncrewed derivative of the H145 helicopter; and the U-950 Eurodrone, the continent\u2019s big medium-altitude surveillance platform. Airbus traces the lineage of the combat drones back two decades, to its stealthy Barracuda demonstrator.<\/p>\r\n<p>The message is sovereignty. As Europe pours money into next-generation air power \u2014 from the Franco-German-Spanish FCAS to the British-Italian-Japanese GCAP \u2014 Airbus is arguing that the drones flying alongside those future fighters should be designed and built on the continent, not imported.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/luftwaffe-eurofighter-typhoon-formation.jpg\" alt=\"German Luftwaffe Eurofighter Typhoons in formation\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">The Eurofighter Typhoon is the crewed jet Ravenstorm is designed to fly beside. Photo: U.S. Air Force \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">The race Europe cannot sit out<\/h2>\r\n<p>Whether Ravenstorm flies on schedule is another question. Airbus is targeting operational readiness around 2032, and the gap between a polished airshow model and a combat-ready aircraft has swallowed many promising European programmes before. But the direction is set: the next air war will be fought by pilots and their robots together, and Europe has decided it wants to build the robots itself.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Sources: Janes; The War Zone; The Defense Post; Airbus Defence and Space.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\n\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\n\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\n\r\n<!-- mf-faq -->\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"mf-faq-block\"><style>.mf-faq-block{margin:34px 0}.mf-faq-item:not([open]) .mf-faq-answer{display:none !important}.mf-faq-block h2.mf-faq-h{padding-top:22px;margin-bottom:14px}.mf-faq-item{border:1px solid #e2e8f5;border-radius:8px;margin:0 0 10px;background:#fff}.mf-faq-item summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;padding:15px 50px 15px 18px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;position:relative;line-height:1.45;user-select:none}.mf-faq-item summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mf-faq-item summary::after{content:\"+\";position:absolute;right:18px;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);font-size:1.5em;font-weight:400;color:#5C91FF;line-height:1}.mf-faq-item[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mf-faq-item[open] summary{border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f8}.mf-faq-item summary:hover{background:#f5f8ff}.mf-faq-answer{padding:14px 18px;color:#333;line-height:1.6}.mf-faq-answer p{margin:0}.mf-faq-answer a{color:#5C91FF}<\/style>\r\n<h2 class=\"mf-faq-h\">Related Questions<\/h2>\r\n<details class=\"mf-faq-item\">\r\n<summary>What is the Airbus U-760 Ravenstorm?<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"mf-faq-answer\">\r\n<p>The Airbus U-760 Ravenstorm is an uncrewed 'loyal wingman' combat aircraft unveiled at ILA Berlin in June 2026. 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