法英两国正在缓步推进联合研制的一款无人战斗机验证机项目。不过,英国国防部对此持谨慎态度。在递交国会的一份报告中,英国国防部首次披露了雷神(Taranis)无人战斗机验证机的试飞工作已经开始,但随后又称在试飞工作结束之前不会透露任何其它信息。这一态度与法国飞机制造商达索公司完全相反,后者毫不犹豫地对其神经元(Neuron)无人机在2012年12月的首次试飞进行了大力宣传。雷神无人机项目的成功启动 France and Britain are slowly promoting a jointly developed unmanned aircraft test machine project. However, the British Department of Defense cautious. In a report to the National Assembly, the British Ministry of Defense revealed for the first time that the test flight of the Taranis UAV validator has begun but subsequently said it would not disclose any further information until the end of the test flight. This attitude is in stark contrast to the French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Symposium, which did not hesitate to hype the first test flight of its Neuron drones in December 2012. Raytheon UAV project started successfully