RAN"s Eyes in the Skies
RAN"s Eyes in the Skies 08 Maret 2017 Schiebel Camcopter S-100 rotor-wing UAV ( photo : DTR Magazine) Navy"s Avalon eyes in the skies Not all aircraft at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon actually have pilots – just ask the team at the Navy Unmanned Aircraft Systems Unit. The Unit is tasked with trialling and testing two different unmanned aircraft types – the ScanEagle (fixed wing) and the Schiebel Camcopter S-100 (rotary wing) for the Royal Australian Navy. ScanEagle has been operated in the HMAS Choules and HMAS Newcastle (photo : news) Lieutenant Commander Matt Hyam is the Engineering Manager in charge of the maintenance and engineering of both unmanned aircraft systems. Most of the staff at the unit are aviation technicians, specialising in avionics or airframes. “We only have a very small team here at Avalon this year because a lot of our technicians are currently undergoing world-class training with Schiebel in Vienna, Austria, for two months,...