Swiss UAV AG was a privately owned company based in Switzerland that designed and manufactured unmanned aerial vehicles (drones). The firm developed, produced & sold vertical take-off & landing vehicles from 2006 to 2014.[1] It entered a partnership with Saab in May 2009.[2] In 2013 the firm was acquired by Unmanned Systems AG and the following year merged into UMS Aero Group alongside Swedish company Unmanned Systems AB.[3] At the end of 2015 UMS Aero Group became the majority partner in UMS Skeldar,[4] a joint venture with Saab, manufacturers of the Skeldar unmanned vehicle.[5]