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| Skeldar V200 (Image: Wiki Commons) |
By Andrew Chuter
SINGAPORE — UMS Skeldar is on course to make its first sale of a Saab-developed unmanned rotary wing vehicle this year, said executives of the Swiss-based company at the Singapore Airshow.
“We are close to our first Skeldar V200 sale. It’s definitely going to be this year. It’s a southeast Asian customer who requires it for a mix of maritime and land-based missions,” said George Duncan, UMS Skeldar’s Asian sales chief.
In a separate development, the company is due to start deliveries of its F-330 fixed wing unmanned vehicle to the Indonesian Army in the next few days.
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| Skeldar F330 |
UMS Skeldar was formed last December when small UAV builder UMS joined forces with defense industry giant Saab to form an alliance bringing together the Swedish company’s Skeldar unmanned helicopter program with its Swiss partners fixed- and rotary-wing line-up.
Saab transferred Skeldar technology and a small team of engineers in a deal that gives it a 47 percent holding in UMS Skeldar.
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