Prévoyance Héron Noir

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Prévoyance Héron Noir
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Héron Noir demonstrator at Le Aigle Airshow, 2013
Role Air superiority, Multirole combat aircraft
National origin  Notreceau
 Ostlichtor
 Pequenoya
Manufacturer Prévoyance
Designer Prévoyance
First flight October 7th, 2011
Introduction November 11th, 2017
Status In service
Primary users Notreceauen Airforce
Notreceauen Navy

The Prévoyance Héron Noir (English: Prévoyance Black Heron) is a single-seat, single-engine, all weather fifth generation multirole fighter with stealth capabilities. The Héron Noir is designed to conduct a variety of air combat missions including air superiority, ground attack and maritime strike. The family of Héron Noir aircraft include three models: Héron Noir M conventional carrier based, Héron Noir C conventional take-off and landing and the Héron Noir SJ short take-off and landing model.

In 1999 the National Directorate of Notreceau initiated the Programme de chasse de nouvelle génération (Next Generation Fighter Program) with the aim of fielding a new 5th generation fighter that would incorporate stealth technologies into its design and would specialize in strike missions. In 2001 Prévoyance was chosen as the primary design company to proceed with the project and began to develop prototypes and technology demonstrators. Following significant cost overruns during research and development a proposal to extend the program to several partner nations in 2003 was approved by the Department of Defense Research and Development. After several proposals, the program was extended to include (Pequenoya Company), and (Ostlichtor Company) to help shoulder development costs and increase production capacity for the new aircraft in 2005.

The design and testing phase continued until 2011, at which point the original scope and many of the technologies integrated into the project had changed and developed over time. Despite these setbacks and the challenges of effectively rebuilding and redesigning the fighter during the development process, the Héron Noir did successfully achieve first flight in 2011. A further six years of development was required to successfully integrate new radar and stealth packages into the airframe, but finally, the project was declared completed in 2017 at which point the Héron Noir entered full service in Notreceau, Pequenoya and Ostlichtor.

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