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Unmanned KMAX Completes USMC Demo As Hummingbird Waits In Wings

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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Kaman Aerospace [KAMN] have successfully demonstrated the capability of an unmanned version of the K-MAX intermeshing-rotor helicopter to resupply Marines at forward operating bases in Afghanistan, the companies said last week. During a series of flights earlier this month in subfreezing temperatures at the U.S. Army's Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, the unmanned K-MAX demonstrated autonomous and remote control flight over both line-of-sight and satellite-based beyond line-of-sight data link. "We met or exceeded the…

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