ROME, May 23 (UPI) -- Alenia Aeronautica of Italy has delivered weapons bay doors and operating systems to Dassault Aviation for a new unmanned combat aerial vehicle.
The nEUROn technology demonstrator UCAV is undergoing final assembly at Dassault's facility in Istres, France.
The aircraft's system integration tests are also being conducted at the facility, Alenia said.
The nEUROn UCAV program was launched by the French Ministry of Defense and is supported by Italy, Sweden, Spain, Greece and Switzerland.
Dassault Aviation leads the development effort. Alenia Aeronautica is the first industrial partner, with a 22 percent share in it and responsibility for systems and subsystems.
Alenia Aeronautica is responsible for designing and producing the electricity generation and distribution system, the low observable air data system and the Smart Integrated Weapon Bay, which allows the target to be automatically identified, recognized and fired upon following ground station commander approval.
Alenia said the doors and seals were designed in line with the aircraft's low-observability concept.
