Every Bulletin story and press release covering Kaman Air Vehicles (was Kaman Aerosystems), newest first.
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The production-ready KARGO II follows earlier KARGO UAV testing and has incorporated larger rotors, an optimised transmission and greater mission flexibility.
The Kaman-built system had already passed key autonomous trials and drawn military interest before being added to the Piasecki roster.
A strategic alliance agreement with Textron enables the Kaman team to maintain pace as it moves closer to producing and scaling the Kargo UAV.
The KARGO UAV is optimised for expeditionary employment. Compact form-factor of the system fits in a standard CONEX shipping container and is designed to be unloaded and operated by as few as two people.
Over the past six months, flight development testing of a scaled KARGO UAV demonstrator has been completed, and flight-testing of a full-scale autonomous vehicle is planned for 2022.
The K-MAX is a highly capable helicopter, and may soon no longer need a pilot. Kaman is working with Near Earth Autonomy to have the aircraft make its own real-time flight decisions.