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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.

Source
Launch / recovery
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Dimensions
4.85 m length; 5.3 m rotor diameter

Current supplier table.

Source
Mass
700 kg maximum take-off

Development baseline.

Source
Endurance
Up to 24 hours advertised

Not assumed with maximum cargo.

Source
Range
Up to 200 km datalink

Communications reach.

Source
Speed
55 knots cruise; 120 knots dash

Different operating conditions.

Source
Altitude
21,000 ft advertised ceiling

Not proof of a completed flight test at that altitude.

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

Do not combine the page’s differently defined maxima.

Source
Sensors
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source