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Kaman Aerospace, Boeing To Compete For Marine Corps UAV Cargo Hauler

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Friday, August 14th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic OWEGO, N.Y.--A competition to quickly manufacture a fleet of unmanned helicopters for delivery of supplies to remote locations in Afghanistan is now under way, with Boeing [BA] and a Kaman Aerospace-Lockheed Martin [LMT]team having received contracts to demonstrate their aircraft by the end of the year. A Marine Corps request for proposals for an "Immediate Cargo Unmanned Aerial System" was issued in May. The plan called for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of delivering ten tons…

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