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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Camcopter® S-100 completes extensive German Navy flight trials

Building on its unrivalled position as a proven VTOL Maritime UAS, the CAMCOPTER® S-100 has recently completed its toughest test to date, three weeks of demanding flights in the Baltic Sea onboard the new K130 Class Corvettes of the German Navy.

The German Forces have, as do other NATO nations, a recognised capability gap for Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) platforms that in particular could be filled by unmanned aerial systems.

As part of the German Navy’s strategy to fill this gap in the maritime environment and use Unmanned Air Vehicle Systems (UAS) in their future Force Mix, the German MoD decided to conduct integration trials of the CAMCOPTER® S-100 onboard the new K130 Class Corvettes of the German Navy.

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