空客在欧洲测试瓦尔基里无人机，计划2029年实现作战就绪作者：萨宾·西博尔德柏林，10月12日 - 空客防务部门首席执行官表示，空客已在欧洲首次试飞了一架由美国制造的无人机，希望将其与欧洲战斗机编队协同作战，但尚未将其欧洲任务系统纳入其中。
Airbus tests Valkyrie drone in Europe, plans 2029 combat readiness By Sabine Siebold BERLIN, Oct 12 - Airbus has carried out the first test flight in Europe of a US-built drone that it hopes to team with Eurofighter jets, but without yet incorporating its European mission system, the CEO of its defence division said.
由美国克拉托斯防务公司开发的瓦尔基里无人机在欧洲的有限首次亮相旨在表明，过去阻碍军用无人机融入欧洲复杂空域的监管障碍可以被克服。
The limited European debut for the Valkyrie drone developed by US-based Kratos Defense aims to show that regulatory barriers that hampered past efforts to integrate military drones into Europe's complex airspace can be overcome.
2025年，空客与克拉托斯宣布建立合作伙伴关系，计划在2029年前向德国空军提供能够自主飞行、远程操控或与欧洲战斗机协同作战的战斗无人机。
In 2025, Airbus and Kratos announced a partnership to supply the German Air Force by 2029 with combat drones capable of flying autonomously, being remotely piloted or teaming up with Eurofighters.
该无人机将基于克拉托斯的轨道发射无人协同作战飞机（CCA）瓦尔基里，航程超过5000公里（3107英里），并配备空客的任务系统。
The drone will be based on Kratos' rail-launched uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) Valkyrie, with a range exceeding 5,000 km (3,107 miles), and equipped with Airbus' mission system.
“目前，这是实现该项目所需审批的重要一步，”空客防务与航天首席执行官迈克尔·舍尔霍恩在9月29日对欧洲北部进行试飞后接受路透社采访时表示。
"For now, it's a major step in terms of the clearances required to make this project happen," Airbus Defence and Space CEO Michael Schoellhorn told Reuters following the flight over northern Europe on September 29.
“我们在不同飞行高度和姿态下飞至马赫0.8，尝试了各种情况，印象深刻，因此这是一次完全成功的试飞，”他在接受采访时补充道。
"We flew up to Mach 0.8 at various flight altitudes and attitudes. We tried all sorts of things and were very impressed, so it was a complete success," he added in an interview.
空客正参与一个竞争日益激烈的领域，该领域包括波音、洛克希德·马丁、诺斯罗普·格鲁曼、通用原子能、安德里尔工业和萨博，旨在研制无人作战飞机，以开拓可能成为新兴的数十亿美元全球国防市场。
Airbus is competing in an increasingly crowded field that includes Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General Atomics, Anduril Industries and Saab to build uncrewed combat aircraft to tap what could become a new multibillion-dollar global defence market.
2013年，由于欧洲民用认证规则的争议，德国取消了诺斯罗普开发的“欧洲鹰”无人机。
In 2013, Germany cancelled the Northrop-developed Euro Hawk drone after a wrangle over European civil certification rules.
舍尔霍恩表示，瓦尔基里无人机预计将在2027年第一季度的下一次试飞中搭载空客的MARS任务系统。同年晚些时候，将安排其首次与欧洲战斗机协同作战的试飞。成本估计为每架2000万欧元肖尔霍恩表示，Valkyrie的成本约为2000万欧元（2240万美元），并估计德国总体需求约为500架CCA。
Schoellhorn said Valkyrie was expected to have Airbus' MARS Mission System on board for its next test flight in the first quarter of 2027. The first flight teamed with a Eurofighter jet is scheduled later that year. COST ESTIMATED TO BE €20 MILLION PER UNIT Schoellhorn put the cost of Valkyrie at around €20 million ($22.4 million) and estimated total German needs at around 500 CCAs.
德国空军正在努力明确需求 — 例如，该无人机是否旨在与战斗机飞行员在空中空中作战、空对地打击或电子战中并肩作战，他说。
The German Air Force is working to clarify requirements — for example, whether the drone is meant to operate alongside fighter pilots in air-to-air combat, air-to-ground strikes or electronic warfare, he said.
“我希望在2027年上半年能明确我们应交付什么，或者整个行业应拿出什么。”他提到，如果订单数量允许，德国或欧洲生产也是可能的。
"I hope that in the first half of 2027 it will become clear what we're supposed to deliver or what the industry as a whole is supposed to bring to the table." He floated the possibility of German or European production if order numbers allowed for it.
在被问及对美国的依赖问题时 — 当时西方联盟内部一些人认为华盛顿正日益成为不可靠的伙伴 — 肖尔霍恩表示，在现有美国平台上配备欧洲系统是一种务实的折中方案。
Asked about dependence on the US at a time when Washington is seen as an increasingly unreliable partner by some in the Western alliance, Schoellhorn said equipping an existing US platform with a European system was a pragmatic compromise.
“核心要素 — 数据处理、任务管理以及数据在任务中实施的场所 — 是在欧洲设计的，”他说。
"The central element — the place where data is processed, where missions are managed, and where the data is implemented in the mission — that is designed in Europe," he said.