RoK Navy to operate Camcopter S-300s from two ship classes

A model of Schiebel’s Camcopter S-300 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Schiebel in collaboration with South Korea’s Hanwha Systems and UI Helicopter will provide three Camcopter S-300s equipped with locally developed synthetic aperture radars (SARs) and electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors to the RoK Navy. (Janes)

The Republic of Korea (RoK) Navy plans to equip two undisclosed classes of its vessels with Schiebel’s Camcopter S-300 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the company confirmed to
Janes
.

“[The Camcopter S-300 UAVs] will provide [the RoK Navy with] a maritime synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) [sensor] from a flexible platform to be used on two different ship classes as well as from a mobile container for land operations,” Michael Schiller, head of sales operations at Schiebel, told
Janes
on 5 March. The UAVs will also be used by the RoK Marine Corps (RoKMC), Schiller added.

Schiebel will initially provide three Camcopter S-300 UAVs to the RoK Navy and the RoKMC under a contract announced in February, Schiller said, adding that “there will be a follow-on contract for the serial production after completion [of deliveries]”.