Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-300 has been selected as the airborne platform for SWORD, a European Defence Fund (EDF) project focused on Stand-off anti-submarine Warfare Operations by Remote Deployment (SWORD).
SWORD aims to develop a system-of-systems for stand-off anti-submarine warfare (ASW), providing an integrated sensor-to-shooter functional chain that enables naval platforms to detect, track, classify and neutralise submerged threats.
The 36-month project brings together European defense and technology partners to advance a mature concept design for future anti-submarine warfare capabilities.
Led by TKMS ATLAS ELEKTRONIK, the SWORD consortium includes partners from across Europe and supports the European Defence Fund’s objective of strengthening collaborative defense research and innovation within the European Union.
The project underlines the growing need for unmanned systems in future naval operations. As part of the consortium, Schiebel will contribute the CAMCOPTER. designed to operate in both maritime and land-based environments.
According to Schiebel, the UAS provides a flexible airborne capability for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), as well as extended mission profiles requiring larger payloads, longer endurance and operational adaptability.
“We are proud that the CAMCOPTER S-300 has been selected for this important European Defence initiative,” said Hans Georg Schiebel , Chairman of the Schiebel Group.
“SWORD is a great example of European cooperation in a highly relevant maritime defence domain. The selection of the S-300 highlights the platform’s potential to support future anti-submarine warfare concepts with a flexible, unmanned and operationally efficient capability.”
To remind, in April this year, the French Navy ordered five additional CAMCOPTER S-100 UAVs from Schiebel. They will be deployed on the French Navy’s FREMM frigates.