Worldwide navies now discover themselves more and more threatened by a spread of hostile platforms, typically in congested maritime environments. The power for an uncrewed rotary plane that may launch shortly after which present long-range mission endurance and the flexibility to seek out, repair, observe and establish targets will carry further safety for the ship and its crew, gaining them invaluable time to organize and reply.
Thales will act because the lead techniques integrator for the programme that brings collectively an unrivalled mixture of confirmed UAS functionality from Schiebel and a spread excessive precision intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors and techniques from Thales.
Schiebel will present its operationally confirmed CAMCOPTER® S-100, a highly-effective uncrewed air system which already has greater than 100,000 working hours, together with demanding deck-launched operations in difficult winds and sea states.
The S-100’s sensors, supported by an Computerized Identification System and fused along with the CarteNav AIMS Mission System gives the operator the flexibility to detect and establish unknown targets shortly.
The Thales I-Grasp radar might be operated in each Artificial Aperture Radar and Maritime Shifting Goal Indication modes and as soon as it detects and finds a contact, the on board electro-optical/infra-red sensor is cross-cued to carry out the identification.
Excessive-definition imagery and radar information is downloaded to the human operator and disseminated in actual time via the host ship’s Fight Administration System and made obtainable to a number of customers.
This partnership will carry collectively a mixed 30 years of expertise in UAS design, integration, take a look at and operations with the S-100’s confirmed observe report. This mixed functionality is constructed on trusted options that ship actual worth with quick impact.
Hans Georg Schiebel, Chairman of the Schiebel Group, mentioned: “We’re immensely proud that the CAMCOPTER® S-100 is the UK Ministry of Defence’s alternative for its prestigious Peregrine programme. The S-100 is the optimum UAS for a rising variety of Navies worldwide and has confirmed its superiority and excellent capabilities all through its quite a few operational deployments.”
Alex Cresswell, CEO of Thales within the UK, mentioned: “It is a vital milestone for the Royal Navy as it’s a right away enhancement to its operational functionality, however it additionally helps their strategic transition to uncrewed know-how in step with their Future Maritime Aviation Power technique. I’m happy that our lengthy custom of supporting the Royal Navy’s ‘eyes and ears’ situational consciousness functionality continues with this newest contract.”
