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
Published configuration claims; no named fleet acceptance inferred from a product launch.
S-301 is the larger Schiebel Defence aircraft unveiled alongside S-101 in September 2025. The manufacturer presents it as a modular rotary-wing platform for surveillance and other defence roles. It is a separate catalogue entry from the S-300 development, whose flight-test statements should not automatically be transferred to every S-301 configuration.
The product page usefully connects different mission loads to different durations. Its longest stated endurance uses a much smaller payload than its shorter heavy-load example. The total load allowance also includes fuel. Preserving these relationships prevents a misleading comparison built from unrelated maximum figures.
The present evidence supports a named supplier offering and detailed design claims. It does not identify a completed customer acceptance or establish that every payload option has flown. Subsequent milestones should distinguish a demonstration, a contract, delivery and operational service. Until such evidence is available, the operator inventory remains open.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Uncrewed helicopter | S-301 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 | 700 kg maximum take-off | Supplier table. Source |
| Endurance | Up to 24 h with 50 kg payload; 6 h with 250 kg | Supplier ISA examples; preserve matched configurations. Source |
| Range | Up to 200 km datalink | Communications reach. Source |
| Speed | 120 knots maximum never-exceed airspeed | VNE, not cruise. Source |
| Altitude | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Payload | 350 kg combined payload and fuel allowance | Not 350 kg mission payload in addition to fuel. 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
- — Published reference update.
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