The Swiss-Swedish company UMS Skeldar has been contracted to deliver a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to the German Navy.
According to the German website Augen Geradeaus ! , the contract between the German defense procurement agency BAAINBw and the Saab subsidiary was signed on August 3.
The VTOL system with two V-200 UAVs is scheduled to be delivered in December next year and deployed aboard the Braunschweig-class corvettes, according to the report.
The report further stated that the contract with UMS Skeldar does not represent the German Navy’s final decision on the final choice of a UAV.
Earlier this year, the German Navy also ordered three Puma maritime unmanned aircraft vehicles from US-based unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer AeroVironment.