Aircraft
Swiss UAV Company Expands and Makes U.S. Debut
Unmanned Systems Group displayed at the Unmanned Systems 2013 this month in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Bill Carey)
Unmanned Systems Group displayed at the Unmanned Systems 2013 this month in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Bill Carey)

A Swiss-owned company that is developing a trio of remotely piloted air systems (RPAS) for civil and military applications made its inaugural appearance at the recent Unmanned Systems conference in Washington, D.C. Unmanned Systems Group, with headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, displayed its Discoverer and Discoverer II fixed-wing air vehicles and a scale model of the planned Atro-X unmanned helicopter featuring tip-jet rotor propulsion.