The SIRTAP high-performance tactical remotely piloted aerial system (RPAS) has passed the Critical Design Review (CDR), a technical milestone that sets the architecture and final design of the system.
Highlights
- The objective of the CDR was to ensure that the design is ready for manufacturing and meets the customer’s requirements.
- The first flight of the prototype is scheduled for 2025 and the first delivery for the first half of 2027.
The main objective of the CDR is to ensure that the degree of maturity of the design allows the start of manufacturing and that the design is in line with the customer’s requirements. Among the different areas reviewed, the alignment between manufacturing capabilities and design principles, the maturity of systems, subsystems and equipment has been ensured, as well as the following activities within the validation and verification process that will allow reaching the certification of the system by the end of 2026.
This important milestone of the program has been endorsed by the Spanish Ministry of Defense, SIRTAP’s launcher customer, which, in November 2023, ordered nine systems, each consisting of three air vehicles and a ground control station.
The manufacturing of the components of the first SIRTAP prototype has started with the participation of a significant number of Spanish suppliers, as well as other suppliers from other regions of the world.
The first flight of the prototype is scheduled for 2025, with a view to first delivery in the first half of 2027.
