French drones

- So.4080 Guided nuclear bomber
- CT.41 target drone

What is it ?

The CT.41, or Narval, is a supersonic, remote-controlled and recoverable target vehicle, developed from 1957 by the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Nord becoming in 1958 Nord-Aviation, and whose particularity is to be propelled by two ramjets.

The CT.41 is a target intended for training fighters in the interception of supersonic bombers. It is the successor to the previously developed CT 10 and CT.20.

Sixty-two CT.41 targets were built between 1959 and 1965 at the Châtillon factory. Production was discontinued as surface-to-air missiles and fighters of the time were unable to intercept it due to its speed. Twenty-five copies were fired until 1962 in the Sahara from the Joint Center for Special Equipment Tests.

The American company Bell Aircraft Corporation paid on March 21, 1960 the license, and the product under the designation of “PQM-56A” for the United States Navy. The missiles were fired once in July 1963 at the Pacific Missile Test Center in Point Mugu, California; the survivors of this firing were withdrawn from the depots in 1971. The British company Hawker Siddeley also took out a license on November 16, 1959 but ultimately did not manufacture any.

CONTROLS

Normal controls, AG1 to activate the drone.
Spawn it in the air !

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