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Kaman Aerospace, Boeing To Compete For Marine Corps UAV Cargo Hauler

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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

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OWEGO, N.Y.--A competition to quickly manufacture a fleet of unmanned helicopters for delivery of supplies to remote locations in Afghanistan is now under way, with Boeing [BA] and a Kaman Aerospace-Lockheed Martin [LMT]team having received contracts to demonstrate their aircraft by the end of the year. A Marine Corps request for proposals for an "Immediate Cargo Unmanned Aerial System" was issued in May. The plan called for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of delivering ten tons of supplies at…

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