FPS Russia plans to acquire the Swedish UAV Skeldar V-200
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The ITAR-TASS agency reported that the Federal Border Service (FPS) of the FSB of Russia intends to acquire Swedish helicopter-type unmanned aerial vehicles Saab Skeldar V-200, equipped with American gyro-stabilized optical-electronic platforms. This was reported to ARMS-TASS correspondent at the international exhibition Eurosatory 2012 in Paris.
“The Skeldar helicopter-type UAV can be used not only to guard the border, but also be used to ensure safety during the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014. It is possible that the Skeldar UAV mock-up will be demonstrated at the Interpolitech-2012 international exhibition Moscow in October of this year. "
We add that the helicopter type UAVs of the Skeldar series are being developed by Saab AB based on the design of the APID 55 helicopter UAV by the Swedish company CybAero from the 2004 of the year. Flight tests of the largest Saab Skeldar V-200 UAV (take-off weight 200 kg, payload weight up to 40 kg, flight duration up to 5 hours) are conducted from the year 2008. Until now, there was no information about any orders for Skeldar series UAVs, so it is possible that the Federal Border Service of Russia will become the launch customer.
By "American gyro-stabilized optical-electronic platforms", it is probably meant the electron-optical system Ultraforce 275 of the Swedish company PolyTech, now a branch of the American company FLIR Systems.
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