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Army, Lockheed Martin Continue Development of K-MAX

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 14th, 2013

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The Army and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have been working toward improving capabilities of the K-MAX unmanned helicopters, two of which have been operating for more than 18 months in Afghanistan under the Marine Corps cargo delivery program. Jon McMillen, Lockheed Martin’s lead for business development for unmanned systems, said Aug. 9 that the Army is looking to develop more capabilities for the aircraft for potential cargo missions. During demonstrations at Fort Pickett, Va., in June, a K-MAX system showed the…

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