Role & capabilities
- Multiple mission configurations
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Multirole aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Schiebel Defence
- 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
Supplier offering unveiled in 2025; load includes fuel, and the source’s imperial conversion is inconsistent.
S-101 is the smaller of two Schiebel Defence aircraft unveiled in September 2025. The supplier describes a rotary-wing platform with modular observation and defence payload options. Its product page establishes a marketed configuration, but no named operational fleet is inferred from the unveiling.
The technical table states that the load allowance is shared between payload and fuel. It would therefore be incorrect to describe the entire allowance as mission payload while also assuming the maximum flight duration. The page also contains an inconsistent imperial conversion beside the kilogram value; this profile preserves the kilogram figure and flags the discrepancy instead of silently treating both as equivalent.
S-101 is kept separate from the existing S-100 record. A similar take-off mass does not prove that approvals, customer histories or equipment are interchangeable. Future acceptance evidence should identify the exact model and fitted configuration before the status or operator list is expanded.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Uncrewed helicopter | S-101 configuration. 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 | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Mass | 200 kg maximum take-off | Supplier table. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Up to 10 hours | Load-dependent supplier maximum. Source ↗ |
| Range | Up to 200 km datalink | Communications reach. Source ↗ |
| Speed | 120 knots maximum never-exceed airspeed | VNE limit, not cruise speed. Source ↗ |
| Altitude | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Payload | 90 kg combined payload and fuel allowance | Source gives an inconsistent pound conversion; kilogram value retained. 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 ↗ |
Publication history
- — Added in the September 2026 global coverage review, with sources, configuration limits and explicit data gaps.
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