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Schiebel Demonstrates Camcopter at Lima Exhibition, Malaysia

Posted on March 27, 2013 by The Editor

The Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) Exhibition taking place from 26th to 30th March 2013 will feature an additional highlight: Demonstrations of the Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) will be part of the daily flight display.

Schiebel’s second attendance at the LIMA Exhibition in cooperation with Alaf Strategi underlines the strong interest for the CAMCOPTER S-100 in the region.

In June 2012, the S-100 successfully completed a series of demanding trials for Malaysian Armed Forces and Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) representatives. Operated by Alaf Strategi personnel, the S-100 flew from a makeshift helipad at the beach various missions out to 30 nm in Teluk Batik, Malaysia. Several maritime ISR missions were performed by day and night, including a mission to identify and track several fast-moving MMEA vessels.

Although S-100 is tested on three oceans of the world, on 14 different classes of vessels, each trial is a unique and challenging experience. Hundreds of takeoffs and landings, relative wind speeds up to 40 knots, hovering close above the helicopter deck and automatically following the ship’s movements, with a subsequent smooth touch down and proven automatic decking capabilities, are just a few of the outstanding characteristics of the CAMCOPTER S-100

Camcopter med missiler. Farnborough 2008 Foto: Per Gram