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Lockheed Martin Robots Conduct Autonomous Resupply And Reconnaissance Mission

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, August 20th, 2014

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) said they successfully conducted a fully autonomous resupply, reconnaissance, surveillance and target-acquisition (RSTA) demonstration using its K-MAX unmanned helicopter to sling load a Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) unmanned ground vehicle equipped with a Gyrocam 9-inch mid-wave surveillance sensor. “All systems performed flawlessly,” Jon McMillen, business development manager, aviation and unmanned systems for Lockheed Martin’s Mission Systems and Training said in a roundtable Aug. 18.What was…

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