Successful Maiden Flight of Museco Unmanned Rotorcraft |
Released on Thursday, April 8, 2010
Successful maiden flight of MUSECO VTOL UAV with combat proven
In a joint effort Swiss UAV and EMT Penzberg successfully flew the first
fully automated mission on the combat proven EMT LUNA Ground
Control Station with its MUSECO VTOL UAV.
The flights are the result of joint integration efforts during the last months
by Swiss UAV and EMT Penzberg, an aviation expert and supplier of the
LUNA unmanned system to the German Armed Forces. The vertical takeoff
and landing capabilities of the NEO S-300 are now part of the LUNA
fixed-wing unmanned system family. MUSECO is a combination of Swiss
UAV’s NEO S-300 air vehicle with its vertical take-off and landing
capability and parts of the LUNA UAV avionics, e.g. data link and electro
optical day and night sensors. MUSECO is an abbreviation for Multi
Sensor Copter.
During the flights MUSECO was controlled through the combat proven
LUNA Ground Control Station and fully integrated the LUNA Command &
Control communications links. The system demonstrated an automatic
waypoint flight and in-flight deviations due to mission changes during its
maiden
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Abbreviation
UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
VTOL - Vertical TakeOff and Landing
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