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Unmanned Systems

Lockheed Martin To Conduct RSTA Experiment With SMSS, K-MAX

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, February 20th, 2014

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Lockheed Martin To Conduct RSTA Experiment With SMSS, K-MAX

Lockheed Martin Kaman K-MAX Autonomous Rotorcraft

Lockheed Martin [LMT] Feb. 18 said it received a contract from the Army Robotics Technology Consortium to conduct a fully autonomous reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition experiment using both its Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) unmanned ground vehicle and its K-MAX unmanned air vehicle. The terms of the contract are not being disclosed. Collaborating with Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, later this year, in a notional scenario, autonomous rotorcraft K-MAX will sling load a Gyrocam-equipped SMSS and…

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