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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

World First for Landing UAV Aboard a Ship

Another significant step for seabased unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) took place this weekend on the Mediterranean when a helicopter UAV was automatically landed on a French Navy frigate, the Montcalm.

The demonstration on 9 and 10 October was made by French military shipyard DCNS which worked on an automatic deck landing and take-off system, the SADA (Système d'Appontage et de Décollage Automatique) in close collaboration with Austrian company Schiebel which developed the CAMCOPTER S-100 with which the demonstration was undertaken.

DCNS said in a statement that “until now, the taking-off but above all the landing of UAVs was constrained, limiting their safe and operational deployment from ships.

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