Deliver ammunition. Move supplies. Utilize unmanned combat vehicles on the battlefield. Do all this and more, with no risk to personnel. It's the K-MAX Unmanned Multi-Mission Helicopter, Kaman's unmanned 6,000-pound lifter.

In 1953, Charles Kaman, founder of Kaman Corporation, created the first pilotless aircraft. In 2010, Team K-MAX (Kaman Aerospace and Lockheed Martin), successfully demonstrated the K-MAX aircraft's unmanned capabilities to the U.S. Marine Corps at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.

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(Left) You Asked For It: 1953 - Kaman Flies the First Unmanned Helicopter.

(Right) Jan 2010 - Unmannned K-MAX video during its flight testing in Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona (in preparation for the Marine Corps Demo in January 2010).

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