Company type | Private |
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Industry | Aerospace |
Founded | 2015 |
Headquarters | Switzerland |
Products | Aircraft and components |
Owner | UMS Aero Group, Saab |
Website |
umsskeldar |
UMS Skeldar AG is an aircraft manufacturer based primarily in Switzerland, and with manufacturing facilities in Sweden. It was formed in 2018 as a joint venture between majority shareholder UMS Aero Group and Saab. Its principle product is the Skeldar range of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) rotorcraft. The company also owns the Hirth company, [1] whose range of light two-stroke engines provide the power units for the rotorcraft. [2]
Swiss UAV AG was a privately owned company based in Switzerland that designed and manufactured unmanned aerial vehicles (drones). [3]
It entered a partnership with Saab, in May 2009. [4]
In 2013, Swiss UAV was acquired by Unmanned Systems AG and the following year merged into UMS Aero Group alongside Swedish company Unmanned Systems AB. [5]
At the end of 2015 UMS Aero Group and Saab, manufacturers of the Skeldar unmanned vehicle, formed UMS Skeldar, a joint venture in which UMS Aero Group is the majority partner. [6] Besides its Swiss headquarters and manufacturing, it maintains a manufacturing facility in Sweden, as UMS Skeldar Sweden AB. [7]
Earlier types have included: [8]
Current products include two rotorcraft drone systems:
UMS Skeldar acquired the long-established Hirth German light piston engine manufacturer in 2018. [9] Hirth provide the heavy-fuel (jet fuel) engines used in the rotorcraft. [10]
has been active in the development, production and sale of vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicles for over four years