The Marine Corps has approved another deployment extension for its experimental K-MAX unmanned cargo-carrying aircraft in Afghanistan.

The US Marine Corps (USMC) will deploy the Lockheed Martin and Kaman unmanned K-MAX to Afghanistan next month. The decision follows the successful completion of a five-day Quick Reaction Assessment ...

PARIS -- The U.S. Army and Marine Corps are moving beyond experimenting with the K-MAX unmanned cargo helicopter and are taking steps to add the aircraft to their fleets, industry officials said ...

Kaman Aerospace Corporation has received a contract from the US Marine Corps on behalf of Team K-MAX to demonstrate the ability of the Unmanned K-MAX helicopter to deliver cargo to troops in extreme ...

The US Marine Corps (USMC) plans to retrofit its two Kaman K-Max helicopters with additional autonomous capabilities to further its cargo delivery experimentation with the aircraft.

The K-MAX program, developed to satisfy a Joint Urgent Operational Need Statement generated by the Marine Corps in 2010, has flown 485 sorties, 525 hours and lifted more than 1.6 million pounds of ...

The K-Max Titan unmanned system and Near Earth Autonomy's sensor-based autonomy suite are all part of the USMC experiment. In May 2021, flight testing is scheduled to begin.

In July 2012, the USMC extended its planned use of the K-Max aircraft by six months until late March 2013, with a further option to potentially extend this until September.

The USMC had not responded to Janes questions on K-MAX at the time of publication. Kaman continues to produce the Kargo unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a fully unmanned quadcopter.

Concurrent with commercial development, Kaman is working with the U.S. Marine Corps on upgrading the autonomous capabilities of their two USMC K-MAX ® air vehicles through a funded government contract ...

Flight-testing is expected to start in May 2021. The USMC experiment includes Kaman’s K-MAX TITAN™ unmanned system and Near Earth Autonomy’s sensor-based autonomy suite.

The USMC experiment includes Kaman’s K-MAX TITAN™ unmanned system and Near Earth Autonomy’s sensor-based autonomy suite. “Kaman leads the way with innovative solutions for our customers ...