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source_id: PRESS-026
date: 2026-08-26
owner: Skarv Aerospace AS newsroom (copied by GeoNordic Business Development)
status: copy of official first-party announcement
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# Skarv completes Kestrel GCS trials with Helios Air Ambulance

**Original source:** Skarv Aerospace AS, 2026-08-26, newsroom.skarv-aerospace.invalid/2026/08/helios-trials-complete

OSLO, 26 August 2026. Skarv Aerospace AS has completed trials of its Kestrel Ground Control Station with Helios Air Ambulance, a private air-ambulance operator, the company announced today. The trials assessed Kestrel GCS performance in an air-ambulance operating context over several weeks.

Skarv said the trials were conducted under a trial agreement and do not constitute a purchase order or deployment. Helios Air Ambulance has used the trial period to evaluate Kestrel GCS alongside its existing operations, with no decision yet announced on any future procurement.

Nils Havre, Chief Executive Officer of Skarv Aerospace AS, said the trials had provided operational feedback on Kestrel GCS in an air-ambulance context.

Skarv said it had made no commercial commitment to Helios Air Ambulance beyond the completed trial and that any future order would be announced separately if agreed.

About Skarv Aerospace AS: Oslo-based Skarv Aerospace AS supplies ground control stations and related systems for defence and civil unmanned aircraft operations.