Vienna, 25 May 2016 -
Ten years after the first delivery of CAMCOPTER® S-100 to the launch
customer, the Vienna-based Schiebel company proudly celebrates the
anniversary of its world class product.
Unmanned
helicopter development at Schiebel started in 1995 and once the first CAMCOPTER®
S-100 was supplied to the UAE Armed Forces in 2006, it took only three years before Schiebel had
sold the 100th aircraft. During its ongoing production since then
and in line with the company’s philosophy of permanent performance
enhancement, the CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS has undergone continuous improvement
in order to meet the ever growing demand for new capabilities from its
worldwide customers.
Backed
by Schiebel’s customers and industrial partners, the CAMCOPTER®
S-100 now stands out as
the unchallenged market leader in its class. After missions on five continents
and oceans and in every environment from the tropics to the Arctic, the S-100
undeniably proved to be the most mature system of its kind in the world
today.
The
multi-sensor capability of the S-100 underpins the helicopter’s outstanding
operational performance across a wide spectrum of applications, from peace-keeping
and humanitarian assistance to industrial, maritime and military support. With
missions completed on thirty different vessels, Schiebel takes special pride
in its ability to deliver exceptional capability from remote and austere
operating sites, including “single-spot” vessels. The latter clearly explains
the popularity of the system among naval customers such as the French Navy, who
deployed the CAMCOPTER® S-100 during their EU NAVFOR Anti Piracy
Operation in the Arabian Sea, or the Italian Navy, for whose Mare Nostrum
Operation in the Mediterranean the S-100 was essential.
Schiebel’s
CAMCOPTER® S-100 has
made history with several world firsts, including the first ever UAS flight
displays at the Paris International Air Show, Le Bourget, the International Defence
Exhibition and Conference (IDEX), Abu Dhabi, and the Langkawi International
Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA), Malaysia. The S-100, furthermore,
excelled during its security support of both the G20 Summit in Seoul, South
Korea, and the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. More
recently the CAMCOPTER® S-100 was also the first UAS to be operated
in the Russian and the Canadian Arctic.
In
addition to such impressive achievements, Schiebel is especially proud and
honored to assist the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine and the NGO
Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), whose operation has saved the lives of
thousands of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.
Besides
the excellent S-100 performance, the characteristic CAMCOPTER®
design has won various awards
and the helicopter has made its way into the permanent collection of the
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. The system is also displayed at a most
prominent location in the Vienna Technical Museum.
With this
impressive pedigree Schiebel looks forward to meeting future customer needs for
further increased capability and payload and to continue, supported by its
partners, to deliver the most flexible, operationally effective unmanned
helicopter systems in the world.
About
Schiebel:
Founded in 1951, the Vienna-based Schiebel
Group focuses on the development, testing and production of state-of-the-art
mine detection equipment and the revolutionary CAMCOPTER® S-100
Unmanned Air System (UAS). Schiebel has built an international reputation for
producing quality defense and humanitarian products, which are backed by
exceptional after-sales service and support. In 2010, Schiebel’s new
composite division has started to supply high-tech customers with products of
supreme carbon fiber technology - all quality-controlled to meet ISO 9001
standards. With headquarters in Vienna (Austria), Schiebel now maintains
production facilities in Wiener Neustadt (Austria) and Abu Dhabi (UAE), as
well as offices in Washington DC (USA) and Phnom Penh (Cambodia).
About the CAMCOPTER® S-100:
Schiebel’s
CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) is a proven capability
for military and civilian applications. The Vertical Takeoff and Landing
(VTOL) UAS needs no prepared area or supporting launch or recovery equipment.
It operates in day and night, under adverse weather conditions, with a beyond
line-of-sight capability out to 200 km, both on land and at sea. The S-100
navigates via pre-programmed GPS waypoints or is operated with a pilot
control unit. Missions are planned and controlled via a simple
point-and-click graphical user interface. High definition payload imagery is
transmitted to the control station in real time. Using
"fly-by-wire" technology controlled by a triple-redundant flight
computer, the UAV can complete its mission automatically. Its carbon fiber
and titanium fuselage provides capacity for a wide range of payload/endurance
combinations up to a service ceiling of 18,000 ft. In its standard
configuration, the CAMCOPTER® S-100 carries a 75 lbs/34 kg payload
up to 10 hours and is powered with AVGas or heavy fuel.
For further information, please contact us:
Tel: +43 (1) 546 26-44
Email: pr@schiebel.net
www.schiebel.net
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