Thales and Schiebel to supply UK Royal Navy with rotary UAS solution to meet Peregrine UCR

The Peregrine UAS, which comprises a Schiebel S-100 Camcopter and a Thales I-Master radar, will be deployed on board an RN Type 23 frigate in the Gulf from 2024. (Schiebel)

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Thales and Schiebel a GBP20 million (USD24.1 million) contract to supply the Royal Navy (RN) with a rotary-wing unmanned aircraft system (RUAS) to meet an urgent capability requirement (UCR) for enhanced situational awareness, principally in the Gulf region.

Under the contract, announced on 10 February, Schiebel, together with Thales as prime contractor and lead systems integrator, will supply a single Camcopter S-100 UAS fitted with a suite of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) sensors and systems that will extend the ‘eyes and ears' of RN ships on operational taskings.