On May 20th, the companies are expected to announce the signing of a deal that merges Saab's Skeldar and the smaller Swiss Neo and Koax into a single family of helicopter UAVs. Swiss UAV is a small, privately held company based in Niederdorf that has been operating for a little more than two years. Russian aerospace company Irkut announed a partnership with the Swiss rotorcraft UAV developer last January. The deal would have seen Irkut supplying sensors and ground infrastructure and the Swiss company would produce the air vehicle. The fate of that deal is remains unknown as of this writing.
Satnews Daily
May 19th, 2009
A Swiss Precision Deal For Rotocraft UAV Development
On May 20th, the companies are expected to announce the signing of a deal that merges Saab's Skeldar and the smaller Swiss Neo and Koax into a single family of helicopter UAVs. Swiss UAV is a small, privately held company based in Niederdorf that has been operating for a little more than two years. Russian aerospace company Irkut announed a partnership with the Swiss rotorcraft UAV developer last January. The deal would have seen Irkut supplying sensors and ground infrastructure and the Swiss company would produce the air vehicle. The fate of that deal is remains unknown as of this writing.