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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Schiebel completes French trials with S-100 Camcopter

Camcopter S-100Austrian unmanned air system (UAS) manufacturer Schiebel has completed a three-part series of flight trials with the S-100 Camcopter for the French defense procurement agency, DGA.

In the last of three phases now complete, the S-100 flew more than 20h over a four-day period from the Ile due Levant island off France's southern coast.

The main payload for the S-100 was with the Thales Optronique Agile 2 electro-optical and infrared sensor, which observed simulated pirate attacks and performed standoff surveillance and tracking.

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