Autonomous Systems
The CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) has been successfully utilized for both military and civilian purposes. This Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) UAS does not require a prepared area or any additional equipment for launching or recovery. It has the ability to operate day and night, even in unfavorable weather conditions, with a range of up to 200 km on both land and sea. The S-100 has the capability to automatically navigate through pre-programmed GPS waypoints or can be manually operated using a pilot control unit. Mission planning and control can be easily done through a user-friendly graphical interface. Real-time transmission of high-definition payload imagery is possible to the control station. The UAV is equipped with "fly-by-wire" technology and redundant flight computers, allowing it to efficiently complete missions in complex electromagnetic environments. Furthermore, its carbon fiber and titanium fuselage enables it to accommodate a diverse range of payload and endurance combinations.
MULTI-SENSOR SURVEILLANCE
The S-100 is the only UAS in its class that is able to carry multiple sensors simultaneously. The CAMCOPTER® with such multi-sensor capability can extend the surveillance horizon of naval commanders and decision makers and in so doing enhance their situational awareness dramatically. The data provided by the ESM and radar sensors provide a broad-area maritime capability that, when combined with electro-optic sensors, is crucial to understanding the dynamic challenges of the maritime environment.
ALL-OCEANS SOLUTION
The S-100 unmanned helicopter has successfully completed extensive shipborne trials and is deployed with various navies worldwide. The S-100 has successfully proved its maritime surveillance capability on 17 different classes of vessels in all the world’s oceans. Thousands of flight hours and thousands of takeoffs and landings prove that the S-100 meets the long-term goals of many navies.
Since 2006, there has been a successful development of a fully automated shipboard landing system. The S-100 can take off and land at wind speeds of up to 25 knots over deck. However, successful flight-testing has been conducted at wind speeds of 40 knots and sea states greater than 3.
LONG-RANGE RECONNAISSANCE
The unique CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS delivers long-range real-time reconnaissance up to 200 km, satisfying a wide range of user requirements. S-100 ground-control user interface offers field-proven mission planning and execution capabilities. It provides easy access and allows swift integration with higher levels of command and control systems, including payload data distribution and processing.
MORE MILITARY MARITIME APPLICATIONS
With increasing levels of threat and larger numbers of vessels occupying our seas, the demand to understand and predict ship movements and actions is becoming an even more complex task. Capable of carrying out operations from a single ship or as part of a task force, the CAMCOPTER® is a true force multiplier. Working as part of collaborative future maritime patrols, the combination of manned, unmanned and satellite-based reconnaissance systems will help to ensure safer movement of traffic across the world’s oceans, deter aggression, better detect piracy, secure coastlines and protect infrastructure such as pipelines and energy platforms.