
An unmanned K-MAX helicopter has shown it could evacuate wounded troops from a combat zone, Lockheed Martin [LMT] announced April 29.During a March 26 demonstration, ground operators used a Neya Systems UxInterceptor unmanned ground vehicle to assess the condition of a “casualty,” which was a 30-pound mannequin simulating an injured person, and to search for a safe landing area for K-MAX, Lockheed Martin said. K-MAX then flew to the designated landing site, where the mannequin was strapped into a seat…