SKELDAR V-200
European uncrewed helicopter supporting naval reconnaissance and communications, with Belgian and Dutch training activity documented in 2025.
- Country / region
- Sweden / Switzerland
- Programme status
- In service / use documented
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- UMS SKELDAR
- Origin / production countries
- Sweden / Switzerland
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- V-200 baseline; Customer-specific maritime configurations; Belgian–Dutch naval configuration: 2025 operator baseline
- Operators / programme customers
- Belgian Navy; Royal Netherlands Navy — training and integration programme
Evidence & current status
Published performance is supplier-reported and configuration dependent; operational use does not independently validate every specification.
Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance aircraft
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Uncrewed single-main-rotor helicopter
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Launch / recovery
- Automatic vertical take-off and landing
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Propulsion
- Heavy-fuel engine
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Dimensions
- 2021 brochure: 4.6 m rotor diameter; approximately 4 m airframe length; 1.3 m height
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Mass
- 2021 brochure: 235 kg MTOW; Belgian 2025 aircraft described as approximately 250 kg
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Endurance
- Belgian configuration: up to four hours, payload dependent
Older 2021 brochure advertises 5+ hours; configurations must remain distinct.
Source ↗ - Range
- 2021 brochure: 100 or 200 km data-link options
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Speed
- 2021 brochure: 140 km/h maximum
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Altitude
- 2021 brochure: 3,000 m ceiling
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Payload
- Up to 40 kg in the Dutch May 2025 programme account
Dutch programme baseline; not assumed with every stated endurance maximum.
Source ↗ - Sensors
- Dutch programme: EO/IR and LiDAR integration planned
May 2025 planned fit; completed ship acceptance is not established.
Source ↗ - Communications / navigation
- Naval communications-relay role; up to 100 km operator-listed radius
Dutch 2025 baseline, separate from older supplier options.
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