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The unmanned K-MAX has won awards from Popular Science and Aviation Week & Space Technology, [50] and was nominated for the 2012 Collier Trophy. [51] Unmanned K-MAX flown by the US Marines. On June 5, 2013, one of the unmanned K-MAX helicopters crashed in Afghanistan while flying a resupply mission.
Kaman Aerospace's Unmanned K-MAX Wins Top Innovation Honors, U.S. Marine Corps' Praise BLOOMFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The unmanned K-MAX® helicopter's peerless ability to resupply combat ...
As the US Navy was withdrawing its RQ-2 Pioneers from service, it began to seek a second generation UAV.The Navy requirement specified a vertical takeoff & landing aircraft, with a payload capacity of 90 kg (200 lb), a range of 125 miles (200 km), an endurance on station of three hours at an altitude of 20,000 feet (6,100 m), and the ability to land on a ship in a 29 mph (47 km/h; 13 m/s) wind.
Lockheed Martin's and Kaman's K-MAX helicopters are known for pilotlessly transporting cargo in Afghanistan, but it might soon be saving lives and nature in the US, as well. The companies have ...
Intermeshing rotored helicopters have high stability and powerful lifting capability. The latest Kaman K-MAX model is a dedicated sky-crane design used for construction work, and has been modified for trials by the USMC as an optionally-unmanned cargo transporter. Unmanned aerial vehicles with intermeshing rotors have also been flown. [2]
During this deployment the squadron was also responsible for flying the Kaman K-MAX, an unmanned cargo resupply helicopter. [3] In 2014, the squadron was relocated to Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii where it now falls under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 24 and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. The squadron now flies the MQ-9A ...
Swanson Group Aviation, formerly Superior Helicopter, is a helicopter operating company based in Glendale, Oregon, United States. SGA operates a fleet of Kaman K-MAX helicopters. It an after sales support pilot and engineer services division for aerial firefighting , aerial construction and unmanned aircraft support.
On 7 August 2014, the SMSS was used in an exercise at Fort Benning to combine the abilities of both an unmanned ground vehicle and unmanned aerial vehicle. It involved the SMSS and an unmanned K-MAX helicopter, both Lockheed Martin systems, operating in a simulated area deemed too risky for human presence. The K-MAX autonomously transported the ...