In the Mukayris region in southern Yemen shot down spy drone belonging to the United Arab Emirates.
Downed drone appeared Camcopter S-100 from United Arab Emirates Army. The Schiebel Camcopter S-100 is a medium-range, medium-endurance, unmanned air vehicle (UAV) system manufactured by Schiebel Corporation, Austria. It was designed for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Army and the German Navy to perform a range of missions, encompassing general surveillance, border patrol, fire control, target designation, damage assessment, mine detection and other marine roles.
The UAE Army has procured 40 Schiebel S-100 UAVs with the option to buy another 40. Acceptance tests of the S-100 were completed in March 2006 and the vehicle met all the performance requirements.
