The 2024 Olympic Games were held in France this year with the French Navy CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) Squadron securing the waters around Marseille for the Olympic events.
The CAMCOPTER S-100 are stationed on board the French Navy’s Flottille 36F in Var, and monitored the vicinity of the Olympic Games, a total of 22,500 nautical square miles. Flying from Saint-Mandrier (Var), the S-100s provided the authorities with real-time data of the maritime area towards Marseille, where a number of sailing, kitesurfing and windsurfing events took place.
While conducting these operations, the S-100 was equipped with a high performance EO/IR camera and an Automatic Identification System (AIS) to monitor and detect any suspicious activities at sea.
“It is an honour that the French Navy utilised their S-100 Squadron to monitor the surroundings of the Olympic Games. This is another great use case for the CAMCOPTER® and shows the versatility of applications and capabilities,“ said Lubos Sramek, Director of Schiebel Aéronaval SAS in Toulon.
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An other excellent piece of kit, that would have enhanced Australia’s ability to Monitor is Boarders. I can’t for the life of me understand why they were cancelled, with out at least some sort of replacement. Suppose it was just another casualty of AUKUS.
It’s particularly strange given the RAN was happy with their performance.
It’s a complete mystery – and yet another example of the RAN depriving themselves of a capability.
Honestly I can’t help shake the feeling it was cancelled by the Albanese government out of spite as the decision to sole source and accelerate the acquisition, was made very late during the Morrison government’s tenure. Had the program run it’s normal course, the Albanese government would have been the one to make the decision. A similar political move to defer the decision of Land 400 phase 3 until after the election would eventually see the program being gutted by the DSR. Petty politics strikes again.
I think you may be right.