NATO, together with Thales and Shiebel, tested the Camcopter S-100 drone

In Portugal, as part of NATO exercises REP(MUS) 2022 unmanned aerial vehicle Camcopter S-100 was tested.

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An international industrial group Thales and the Austrian company Shiebel took part in the drone tests. The latter is the developer of the Camcopter S-100 along with German manufacturer Diehl BGT Defense.

In this year's exercise, participants had to protect a strategic port and use innovative technology to conduct surveillance, detection and classification of probable enemy submarines. The S-100 Camcopter was used to collect, optimize and transmit data to the command post. The Thales Bluetracker system handled the information processing.

The deployment of the drones gave the Navy the ability to execute the mission with limited manpower resources. Thales emphasized that the use of drones was a "useful and effective addition to the anti-submarine system."

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The Camcopter S-100 is an Austrian drone that looks like a small helicopter. The UAV can take off and land vertically. It has already proved successful in civil and military missions.

The drone can fly in any weather conditions, moves in automatic mode in accordance with preset GPS-coordinates. Operator control is also provided. The maximum flight range of Camcopter S-100 is about 200 km.

Source: Thales Group, The Defense Post