Airbus Shifts Focus From Wingman Concept to U760 Ravenstorm

Airbus executive Laurent Le Quément said the company has stopped pursuing its Wingman concept and is concentrating on the U760 Ravenstorm, a Collaborative Combat Aircraft. Le Quément said Airbus changed direction in response to customer requests for an earlier service-entry timeline.

Key details

• Airbus first presented the Wingman concept at the 2024 Berlin Air Show.
• Airbus describes the U760 Ravenstorm as having high-subsonic cruise speed and 500 kilograms of internal weapons capacity.
• The U760 Ravenstorm has a targeted entry-into-service year of 2032.
• Airbus is developing the U740 Valkyrie with US company Kratos for a German requirement associated with 2029.
• Airbus plans a crewed-uncrewed teaming flight with the U740 and a Eurofighter Typhoon.

Airbus describes the U760 Ravenstorm as a high-subsonic aircraft with an internal weapons capacity of 500 kilograms.

Why it matters

The shift puts Airbus’s work on collaborative combat aircraft across two programs: the U760 Ravenstorm and the U740 Valkyrie. The U740’s planned teaming flight with a Eurofighter Typhoon would demonstrate how a crewed fighter and an uncrewed aircraft can operate together.