Defence and security company Saab recently performed a unique live demonstration of how the Skeldar system operates together with other tactical systems – adding a link in the sensor-toshooter loop. The demonstration took place at the Swedish Armed Forces Ground Combat Days in southern Sweden.

The ability to be rapidly tasked and dynamically re-tasked during flight is one of the key capabilities in the concept of operation (CONOPS) for the Skeldar UAS. This ability depends not only on Skeldar’s VTOL capabilities, but also on the capability to deliver near real-time information and visualisation of the battle space, i.e. adding a link in the sensor-to-shooter loop.

“It is critical for a battlefield commander to easily integrate the capabilities of a system like Skeldar with those of other combat units,” said Håkan Ekström, Director of Marketing at Saab’s business area Aeronautics.

Saab has integrated the Skeldar UAS with a battle management system (BMS) enabling the exchange of target data and other tactical information. This exchange allows all units using the BMS to request and use information from the Skeldar UAS.