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UAE UAVs delivered
Austrias Schiebel has delivered the first of 80 Camcopter S-100
vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicles to launch
customer the United Arab Emirates.
South-East Asia sales manager Keith Carroll says the UAE government
is putting the first aircraft through acceptance tests and plans to
place it into service in January. The UAE has acquired 40 systems,
which includes 80 aircraft, for civil and military tactical UAV
missions.
Schiebel is in talks with potential civil operators in India and
the Singapore government. Singapore is interested in operating the
S-100 from ships and Schiebel plans to hold ship trials in
Singapore at the end of February after the Asian Aerospace 2006 air
show.
The S-100 is being marketed as a multi-role compact helicopter UAV
able to meet surveillance, anti-piracy and anti-submarine missions
for navies. The UAV can also be used for battlefield surveillance,
over-the-hill reconnaissance, target acquisition and other
missions.
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