Airframer
Programs › Dassault nEUROn

Aircraft program

Dassault nEUROn

In production
Logbook Follow this page and keep your own private notes on it — log in to start

Military UAV technology demonstrator with single turbofan engine and blended wing body. Includes a variant to wingman the future Rafale F5 standard, in development.

Lift type
Fixed wing
Assembly
Factory-built
Control
Piloted
Engine type
Turbofan
Application
Attack, Experimental

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure
Primary structure
Mixed
Wing
Composite
Landing gear
Retractable tricycle
Ice protection
None
Pressurisation
Unpressurised
Systems & avionics
Flight controls
Full FBW digital
Configuration & certification
Wing position
Low
Planform
Delta
Tail
Tailless

Notable technologies — each tag names a technology on our research record for this aircraft, with its fitting status: Primary, Standard, Option or Planned.

Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary

Technical reference compiled with AI research; a value appears only where two independent research passes and a web fact-check agree. Gaps are deliberate.

A deeper insight into the Dassault nEUROn

Supplier geography and market analysis for this program — with an Analytics subscription.

Subscribe
The industry ledger — an Analytics feature — holds every dated event on this program: contracts, certifications, first flights and appointments, each linked to its source. See a worked example →

Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
Dassault nEUROn2003 / 2012Unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV), to develop military technology.

Airframer

Dassault AviationNews

Other aircraft programs

The program’s dated history — milestones, contracts, supplier selections and facilities, each linked to its source. Log in to view.

Information on this page is compiled from a variety of published sources; links do not necessarily imply recommendation or confirmation by the airframe manufacturer.

Spotted something wrong or out of date on this page? Tell us

Corrections go straight to the editorial team that maintains this directory.