Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Royal Australian Navy Orders Unmanned Schiebel Camcopter
The service earlier evaluated the 243-pound helicopter for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance as well as forward observer missions.
The Schiebel S-100 Camcopter carriers multiple payloads, including a Selex synthetic aperture radar. (Photo: Schiebel Group)
The Schiebel S-100 Camcopter carriers multiple payloads, including a Selex synthetic aperture radar. (Photo: Schiebel Group)

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has awarded Austria’s Schiebel Group a contract to provide its Camcopter S-100 unmanned helicopter and three years of logistics support. The company announced the contract on February 6, but it was signed back in December. It did not disclose the contract value or the number of systems ordered, each of which consists of two aircraft.