PATUXENT RIVER, Md.--The Navy and Marine Corps plan to extend the deployment of the cargo-ferrying unmanned K-MAX helicopters in Afghanistan by another six months and possibly longer, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) said yesterday. Navy Capt. Patrick Smith, the K-MAX program manager, said this week that the Marine Corps had requested keeping the systems deployed under the Cargo UAS program by at least six months beyond September, when they were scheduled to be pulled out. Smith said the aircraft are well…
Afghan Deployment Of Unmanned Helicopters Extended–Again
Defense Daily Staff
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