Saab's Skeldar UAS Joins Anti-piracy Effort
The Skeldar integration team is seen aboard BAM Relámpago during integration trials. The UAS was deployed aboard BAM Meteoro for anti-piracy operations in September. (Photo: Armada Española)
The Skeldar integration team is seen aboard BAM Relámpago during integration trials. The UAS was deployed aboard BAM Meteoro for anti-piracy operations in September. (Photo: Armada Española)

Saab’s Skeldar V-200 unmanned air system (UAS) has been undertaking anti-piracy patrols in the troubled waters off the Horn of Africa and southern Arabia. The rotary-wing, heavy fuel engine UAS has been flying from the Spanish navy offshore patrol vessel (OPV) BAM Meteoro, operating in concert with a manned helicopter to support the European Union’s Naval Force Somalia (also known as Operation Atalanta) anti-piracy mission. Saab earlier this year announced a contract to “deploy the Skeldar UAS for maritime operations,” but at the time did not name the customer.

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