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French OPV prepares for UAS trials

July 01-15, 2011

The Camcopter S-100 will begin sea trials on board the French Navy’s Gowind class of offshore patrol vessel (OPV) in the next few months, according to Schiebel Managing Director Neil Hunter.

The navy’s L’Adroit OPV, manufactured by DCNS, is the first European solution to be designed and built to carry both UAVs and USVs, Hunter stressed. The OPV, complete with UAVs, will be handed over to the end user by the end of the year.

Last year, Schiebel completed trials with the French DGA comprising a total of 150 flight hours. Taking place in a ‘desert environment’ on the French island of Levant, tests comprised surveillance in an urban and littoral locations utilising the Thales optronique agile 2 EO/IR payload.