Schiebel


Schiebel is an Austrian company that manufactures mine detectors and helicopter UAVs. It is based in Vienna. Its UAVs have been supplied to the United Arab Emirates, the German Navy and in 2006 for testing purposes the Austrian Interior Ministry, among others.
The company was founded in 1951 as a manufacturer of small electronic components, for example for washing machines, and started with the engineering of mine detectors in the mid 1980s. The U.S. Army placed an order of 18,000 detectors in the late 80s. Since the mid 1990s, the company is also engaged with constructing UAVs.
The company has its factory in Wiener Neustadt. In 2006 in employed about 150 people and had a turnover of about 10 million euros.

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