Spain, June 17 -- The assembly of the first SIRTAP prototype - Airbus' high-performance tactical uncrewed aerial system - has concluded and the aircraft is ready to start the ground-tests campaign at the Airbus Defence and Space facilities in Getafe, Spain. The ground testing - comprising structural evaluations, main-systems components and software testing - is due to take place over the next months and will finish with the maiden flight, scheduled by the end of 2025 at Spain's National Institute of Aerospace Technology's (INTA's) Unmanned Systems Test Centre (CEUS) in Huelva, south-west Spain. The subsequent SIRTAP flight-test campaign at CEUS will run throughout 2026 and will be essential in obtaining the airworthiness type certification ...