Boeing / Schiebel Camcopter

Boeing et la firme autrichienne Schiebel signent un accord de partenariat autour du Camcopter, un UAV VTOL

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Sur Jane's :

Boeing and Austria's Schiebel Industries AG have signed a teaming agreement relating to the latter's Camcopter S-100 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) compact unmanned aerial vehicle.

The accord, announced on 11 August, aims to fill a gap in Boeing's existing range of UAVs and related capabilities, while providing Schiebel with greater access to the US market.

Schiebel - founded in 1951 as a mine-detection equipment provider - has been producing the rotary-wing
Camcopter for three years. Jane's reported earlier this year that around 150 units have been produced. The vehicles are three metres in length, with a payload of around 50 kg, a range of up to 200 km and an endurance of up to six hours.

To date, Schiebel has looked to opportunities relating to military and coastguard applications. Camcopter has been adopted by three export customers and has been trialled by France, Germany, India and Pakistan.

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La DGA va louer le Campoter 100 pour évaluation


Vienna - Paris | Following the success with the first UAS ever to fly at the Paris Air Show in June 2009, Schiebel has now won a contract with the Direction générale de l’armement (DGA).

The CAMCOPTER S-100 will be leased for a selection of comprehensive experimental trials in France by the French Army at a military camp, during a military exercise, as well as two weeks of demanding trials at a non European location, and on behalf of the French Navy at a Navy base.
The trials will take place during the first half of 2010.

The Goal of these trials is it to assess the advantages of a VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing). In order to fulfill the DGA’s requirements, Schiebel has sub-contracted Thales Aeronautical Systems to assist them with the arrangement and organization of the flight and frequency permits.

The main payload for these trials will be the Thales Optronics Agile 2 Electro Optical and Infra Red (EO/IR) sensor.

Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) is a proven capability for military and civilian applications.

The Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) UAS needs no prepared area or supporting launch or recovery equipment.

It operates day and night, under adverse weather conditions, with a beyond line-of-sight capability out to 200km, both on land and at sea.
The S-100 navigates via pre-programmed GPS waypoints or is operated with a Pilot Control Unit.
Missions are planned and controlled via simple point-and-click graphical user interface and high definition payload imagery is transmitted to the control station in real-time.

Using "fly-by-wire" technology controlled by a triple-redundant flight computer, the AV can complete its mission automatically.
Its carbon fibre and titanium fuselage provides capacity for a wide range of payload/endurance combinations up to a service ceiling of 18,000 ft and, in the standard AV configuration, carries a 75 lbs payload for over 6 hours.

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L'armée française va teset le Schiebel S-100 Camcopter

By June 2010, the French army will have accumulated two weeks' assessment of the Schiebel Camcopter S-100 rotorcraft unmanned air vehicle carrying a Thales Optronics Agile Two electro-optical and infra-red sensor payload.
Thales is assisting Vienna-based Schiebel with the trial's organisation and frequency permits.
The S-100 has a maximum take-off weight of 200kg (440lb) and would carry a payload of 50kg for a range of up to 180km (97nm). In December 2008, the S-100 was tested by the Austrian army and in October of that year it was trialled by the French navy, a few months after the German navy had tested it.

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Un Camcopter S100 sur " L'Adroit " de la Marine Nationale !

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Crédit NetMarine :

La Marine nationale dispose, de nouveau, d’un drone aérien embarqué sur le patrouilleur L’Adroit. Après la perte en août dernier du premier Camcopter S-100 (appelé Serval par les militaires français) de l’aéronautique navale, quelques semaines seulement après son acquisition, la société autrichienne Schiebel a livré un nouvel engin.

Suite au crash du premier drone, qui s’était abîmé en mer au large de l’Afrique, l’expertise technique menée par la DGA et l’industriel a conclu que la responsabilité des marins français n’était pas engagée.

La Direction Générale de l’Armement, qui a acquis le Camcopter S-100 et le met à disposition de la Marine nationale, a donc pu faire jouer la garantie.

Satisfaite des réponses apportées par Schiebel suite à l'accident d'août 2012, l’autorité technique de la DGA a redonné au drone, en janvier, son autorisation de vol (celle-ci avait été suspendue suite à la perte du premier engin, pour laquelle le ministère de la Défense ne souhaite pas donner de précision).

Le patrouilleur L’Adroit a donc pu quitter Toulon le 17 janvier avec son nouveau Camcopter, permettant la poursuite de l’expérimentation de ce type d’engin dans le cadre d’un emploi opérationnel.

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