Aérospatiale C.22 is a subsonic
target drone
A target drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle, generally remote controlled, usually used in the training of anti-aircraft crews.
One of the earliest drones was the British DH.82 Queen Bee, a variant of the Tiger Moth trainer aircraft operational ...
developed and manufactured by
Aérospatiale
Aérospatiale (), sometimes styled Aerospatiale, was a French state-owned aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société nationale industrielle aérospatiale ...
since 1980, and used in testing the
MBDA Aster missile. It is powered by a
Microturbo TRI 60-02.
To ensure the tests of the
Centre d'Essais de Landes in 1995, 74 targets including twenty C22, eleven
Nord Aviation CT20 and twenty-seven Fox, were launched. It was last used in France in 2014. It is equipped with a towed target for the training of anti-aircraft gun crews and ground-to-air missile batteries.
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Target drones of France
C.22
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