Dubai Airshow 2017: Steel Rock ready for the international skies
UK-based company Steel Rock is launching its range of UAV and counter-UAV products to the international market at the Dubai Airshow 2017.
Steel Rock designs and builds bespoke, rotary UAV platforms meeting a range of civil, military and security applications. The company, which made its UK launch in September at DSEI 2017, develops payloads in conjunction with third parties.
Rupert English, chief executive and co-founder at Steel Rock, explained to Shephard the prospects of the UAV technologies that the company has developed.
‘We’ve fast prototyped rotary UAVs. They are very competitive in terms of payload and endurance with what is
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