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source_id: PRESS-020
date: 2026-07-07
owner: Skarv Aerospace AS newsroom (copied by GeoNordic Business Development)
status: copy of official first-party announcement
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# Kestrel Remote Pilot Station for Kestrel-Lite receives design approval

**Original source:** Skarv Aerospace AS, 2026-07-07, newsroom.skarv-aerospace.invalid/2026/07/remote-pilot-station-design-approval

OSLO, 7 July 2026. Skarv Aerospace AS has received design approval for the Kestrel Remote Pilot Station, a component of its Kestrel-Lite product line, the company announced today. Design approval is a milestone that precedes production and customer delivery.

The Kestrel Remote Pilot Station is designed for smaller, lower-cost unmanned aircraft system deployments within the Kestrel-Lite line.

Nils Havre, Chief Executive Officer of Skarv Aerospace AS, said the approval cleared the Kestrel-Lite Remote Pilot Station to move towards production.

Skarv said it expected to begin production of the Remote Pilot Station later in the year, with no customer orders announced at this stage.

About Skarv Aerospace AS: Skarv Aerospace AS is headquartered in Oslo and supplies ground control stations and related systems to defence and civil operators across the Nordic region.