Known as Système Embarqué de Reconnaissance Vecteur Aérien Léger or SERVAL, the Schiebel Camcopter S-100 drone was chosen by the French Navy for deployment aboard the new OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel) L´Adroit (P275).
Trials with the Camcopter drone started
May 2012 with two helicopters aboard the L'Adroit and continued in June 2017 aboard the helicopter carrier Dixmude. Number four was delivered by November 2018
News
Four More Camcopter Drones for French Navy, 14-Dec-20 : #drones Naval Group received first two, of four, Schiebel Camcopter S-100 drones to be delivered to the French Navy’ helicopter carriers of the Mistral class. The Aeronavale had already four in inventory
Camcopter Operational on French Carrier Dixmude, 21-Nov-19 : #drones After a 2-year long testing phase, the French amphibious assault ship of the Mistral class Dixmude has now Schiebel Camcopter S-100 drones as part of her air wing.
Camcopter S-100 Qualification Flights on Dixmude, 21-Jun-17 : Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 drone successfully completed qualification flights for the French Navy aboard Mistal class assault carrier Dixmude in the Western Mediterranean
Camcopter S-100 on French Navy OPV, 17-Jun-13 : French Navy continue testing of its Système Embarqué de Reconnaissance Vecteur Aérien Léger (SERVAL) with Schiebel Camcopter S-100 drone aboard their new OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel) L´Adroit
Schiebel S-100 Drones Aboard L´Adroit Patrol Vessel, 10-May-12 : #drones French Navy started Schiebel S-100 Camcopter drone flights aboard the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) L Adroit in fisheries monitoring mission
Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 drone successfully completed qualification flights for the French Navy aboard Mistal class assault carrier Dixmude in the Western Mediterranean
Jun17 trials aboard Dixmude
