WIENER NEUSTADT: In the middle of the Austrian countryside, a few sleek, high-tech drones sit in a bright production hall, ready for missions over Ukraine, the Mediterranean or the Middle East. Schiebel, a small company originally specialized in landmine detection, has been manufacturing Camcopters-a 3.5-metre long mini-helicopter equipped with cameras, radars and other sensors- for close to 10 years. But it has gained prominence with a new mission in Ukraine, where the Camcopter will assist observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to monitor a ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels. Before this, there were surveillance missions at the …read more
Source: Kuwait Times