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CAMCOPTER S-300

Larger Schiebel uncrewed helicopter undergoing flight tests and selected for the European SWORD research programme.

Country / region
Austria
Programme status
Development / trials
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
Development / trialsDevelopment / trials
Primary domain
Air
System type
Reconnaissance aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Schiebel
Origin / production countries
Austria
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
Not distinguished in reviewed sources
Operators / programme customers
Not identified in reviewed sources

Evidence & current status

Manufacturer reports flight testing; EDF project selection is a research milestone, not customer service acceptance.

Role & capabilities

  • Reconnaissance

Specifications in context

Airframe
Uncrewed helicopter

S-300 development.

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Launch / recovery
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Dimensions
4.85 m length; 5.3 m rotor diameter

Current supplier table.

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Mass
700 kg maximum take-off

Development baseline.

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Endurance
Up to 24 hours advertised

Not assumed with maximum cargo.

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Range
Up to 200 km datalink

Communications reach.

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Speed
55 knots cruise; 120 knots dash

Different operating conditions.

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Altitude
21,000 ft advertised ceiling

Not proof of a completed flight test at that altitude.

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Payload
Configuration-dependent; cargo and total-load wording differ

Do not combine the page’s differently defined maxima.

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Sensors
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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