Swiss Department of Defence is first customer for Centaur Optionally-Piloted Aircraft

armasuisse, an official procurement agency of the Swiss Department of Defence with its own Flight Test Center, has become the first customer for the Centaur Optionally-Piloted Aircraft (OPA).

It will use the Centaur as a flying test bed for new sensors and Sense and Avoid equipment required to operate Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the entire National Air Space (NAS).

The first production Centaur is scheduled for delivery to Switzerland in 2012.