Heavy fuel capability to Royal Australian Navy customer

Schiebel has successfully demonstrated the heavy fuel variant of the CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) as part of its customer acceptance program with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Under the directive of the Navy Minor Project (NMP) 1942 to procure a vertical takeoff
and landing Maritime Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System – Interim Capability (MTUASIC),
RAN sought a platform for shipborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
(ISR). Selected for its maturity and demonstrated capability, Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER®
S-100 UAS successfully completed its flying program for the RAN validation and
verification customer acceptance program at the Jervis Bay Airfield facilities in New
South Wales, Australia.

In a comprehensive series of tests, the JP-5 (NATO F-44) heavy fuel powered
CAMCOPTER® S-100, equipped with a Wescam MX-10S payload and at operational
ranges of up to 60 nautical miles as well as altitudes above 10 000 feet, presented its
ability to deliver world-class imagery to commanders.

As the RAN Contract Manager Kevin Beare noted, “The heavy fuel variant of the S-100
has performed very well during the validation and verification program and the RAN looks
forward to utilizing this platform to achieve NMP1942 project objectives over the coming
years.”

“The S-100 will prove to be an effective asset in enhancing the Navy’s ISR capabilities,”
said Hans Georg Schiebel, Chairman of the Schiebel Group. “We are excited about the
positive feedback we are receiving from RAN and are looking forward to continued
cooperation in the future.”