Aircraft
Rheinmetall Brings UAV Expertise To EADS
Rheinmetall Airborne Systems operates a small fleet of IAI Heron 1 UAVs over Afghanistan for the German air force.
Rheinmetall Airborne Systems operates a small fleet of IAI Heron 1 UAVs over Afghanistan for the German air force.

Although German UAV specialists Rheinmetall Airborne Systems (RAS) is now 51-percent owned by EADS, the Bremen-based outfit is retaining its own identity and continues to build upon expertise gained in operating two UAV systems for the German armed forces. It has developed a lightweight, low-cost tactical UAV and is proposing an innovative larger design that is hybrid in both airframe and power.