CAMCOPTER S-100
Established Austrian uncrewed helicopter family for maritime and land surveillance, with multiple sensor and engine configurations.
- Country / region
- Austria
- Programme status
- In service / use documented
- Sources reviewed
- 20 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Schiebel
- Origin / production countries
- Austria
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- S1 gasoline-engine configuration; S2 heavy-fuel configuration; Customer-specific naval mission configurations
- Operators / programme customers
- Multiple government and military customers; complete current fleet list not established
Evidence & current status
Published performance is supplier-reported and configuration dependent; operational use does not independently validate every specification.
Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance aircraft
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Uncrewed single-main-rotor helicopter
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Launch / recovery
- Automatic vertical take-off and landing
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Propulsion
- Rotary-engine options: S1 aviation gasoline; S2 heavy fuel
Brochure distinguishes engine configurations.
Source ↗ - Dimensions
- 3.11 m length; 3.4 m rotor diameter; 1.12 m height
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Mass
- 200 kg MTOW
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Endurance
- Over six hours; optional fuel tank extends beyond ten hours
Brochure configuration distinction; current page headlines ten hours.
Source ↗ - Range
- Up to 200 km data-link range
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Speed
- 55 knots cruise; current page advertises 120 knots dash
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Altitude
- 18,000 ft service ceiling
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Payload
- 50 kg main payload bay; other bay limits configuration dependent
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Sensors
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Communications / navigation
- Encrypted data link; optional SATCOM
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
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