Bréguet Br 960 Vultur
First flying on 4 August 1951, the Bréguet Br 960 Vultur was a two-seat carrier-based attack and anti-submarine aircraft (ASW) built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale). Designed as a mix-powered aircraft, it had an Armstrong Siddeley Mamba 970-shaft-horsepower (720 kW) turboprop in the nose with a Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet 21.6-kn (4,900 lbf) in the tail. This enabled the Vultur to meet the speed and endurance requirements of the French Navy.
Changing requirements led to the cancellation of the attack requirement, so the second Vultur prototype was rebuilt as an anti-submarine warfare platform, powered by a single, but more powerful Mamba VI and the deletion of the Nene turbojet. Redesignated the Br 965 Épaulard (“Killer Whale”) it eventually led to the Bréguet 1050 Alizé.
