- Title: FRANCE: UAVs market growing despite financial crisis
- Date: 18th June 2009
- Summary: LE BOURGET, FRANCE (JUNE 17, 2009) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PARIS AIR SHOW (UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE) UAV CAMCOPTER FLYING PEOPLE LOOKING AT CAMCOPTER CAMCOPTER LANDING VARIOUS OF CAMCOPTER ON DISPLAY AT SCHIEBEL STAND VARIOUS OF ANDREAS SCHIEBEL, HEAD OF SCHIEBEL, TALKING TO CLIENTS CAMCOPTER ON DISPLAY (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANDREAS SCHIEBEL SAYING: "The UAV market is generally growing very rapidly, so although everybody talks about crisis around, this segment of the market still is pushing ahead at a good speed. Customers divide actually into civilian industrial security applications like pipeline security and so forth, all the way to governmental military like border security and general reconnassaince and surveillance." CUTAWAY SCREEN WITH VIDEOS OF CAMCOPTER (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANDREAS SCHIEBEL SAYING: "From the day one designing this aircraft we applied the same rules and regulations that applied for a manned helicopter, so we have civilian certifications for this aircraft, a permit to fly, and this allowed us to seek all the proper permissions to get a permit to fly at the air show here." VARIOUS OF UAV SIGN OF ISRAELI AIR INDUSTRY (IAI) VARIOUS OF UAVs ON IAI STAND VARIOUS OF EUROPEAN AERONAUTIC DEFENCE AND SPACE COMPANY (EADS) UAV ON DISPLAY AT EADS STAND (SOUNDBITE) (English) STEFAN ZOLLER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF EADS DEFENCE AND SECURITY SAYING: "In the past the UAV's market was mainly based on technical UAVs, smaller ones that were not as capable. Now we see the next generation of UAVs fielded in the market and the more missions those UAVs will fulfil the more the market will emerge. I feel it will see a huge growth because the numerous missions that those aircraft can deliver." CUTAWAY UAV TAIL (SOUNDBITE) (English) STEFAN ZOLLER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF EADS DEFENCE AND SECURITY SAYING: "We have seen some studies which talking about 10 billion for three years but I feel it's too limited we will see huge numbers in future because we will see more and more aircraft flying also in civil aerospace, because such an aircraft will be certified to fly in civil aerospace also."
- Embargoed: 3rd July 2009 13:00
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- Location: France
- Country: France
- Topics: Industry
- Reuters ID: LVA46AOJ7VE4MIK4FBG3HOUBKKOT
- Story Text: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are on show for the first time at the Paris Air Show, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
For the first time Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV's) were on exhibit at the Paris Air Show on Wednesday (June 17), the 100th anniversary of the show.
Even as the Camcopter S-100, an auto-piloted helicopter made in Austria, goes through its paces at Le Bourget, many manufacturers around the world are gearing up for growing UAV sales.
"The UAV market is generally growing very rapidly, so although everybody talks about crisis around, this segment of the market still is pushing ahead at a good speed. Customers divide actually into civilian industrial security applications like pipeline security and so forth, all the way to governmental military like border security and general reconnassaince and surveillance," said Andreas Schiewbel, CEO of the Shiebel, the company which makes the camcopter.
Despite a global financial crisis and cutbacks in the defence budgets of many countries, UAV sales are being maintained.
Massive purchases of these portable systems are being driven their proven capabilities in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"In the past the UAV's market was mainly based on technical UAVs, smaller ones that were not as capable. Now we see the next generation of UAVs fielded in the market and the more missions those UAVs will fulfil the more the market will emerge. I feel it will see a huge growth because the numerous missions that those aircraft can deliver," Stefan Zoller, Chief Executive of EADS told Reuters. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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