The Dutch rotorcraft unmanned aerial vehicle (R-UAV) manufacturer Geocopter from the Netherlands officially delivered its first light unmanned rotorcraft system, designated GC-201, to its launch customer and development partner, the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR).

The GC-201 is a versatile unmanned system, designed and built like a normal helicopter. It has received official CS-LURS Class 1 approval from the Dutch CAA. The main system features are: twin gas turbine engine propulsion system capable of flying single engine, a very light weight innovative carbon fibre fuselage and full automatic take-off, mission and landing capability.

At the Paris Air Show, the CEO of Geocopter Roland Haarbrink handed over the title of ownership to the CEO of NLR, Michel Peters.

Michel Peters said, “This is another successful result of our mission as NLR to support the national industry and innovate for and with Dutch companies, either big or small, like Geocopter. If you have an innovative idea and we believe in it, we can bring the idea to success together. My special thanks to the Netherlands Ministry of Defence who partially supported this innovative programme. We wish Geocopter a fruitful success with the GC-201 and will continue our efforts to support the evolution of the system.”

Roland Haarbrink said, “We are proud having delivered the approved GC-201 to our launching customer NLR. We are looking forward to continuing our collaboration with the NLR, and are dedicated to serve our customers with this beautiful product.”