Lockheed Martin and Kaman Aerospace Corporation have transformed a 6,000lb power lifting K-MAX helicopter into an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and successfully tested airdropping cargo by parachute ...

Autonomous aircraft are increasingly drawing attention as the U.S. military looks for new ways ...

Kaman Aerospace Corporation, a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation, has proven in recent tests that the unmanned K-MAX helicopter can resupply troops with cargo airdropped by parachute. The tests add a ...

Alaska-based Lynden Air Cargo has asked federal regulators to allow airdrops of relief supplies below the current minimum altitude of 1,000 feet after receiving approval to modify a Lockheed L-100 ...

The United States military relies on dropping vital supplies to troops from the air to help avoid being caught by improvised explosive devices and having truck convoys ambushed. In doing so, the U.S.

In short: A defence aircraft could be deployed to Antarctica to deliver much-needed supplies to Mawson Station via an airdrop, a Senate inquiry has been told. It comes after Australia's icebreaker, ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded Lockheed Martin a $25 million contract to help with the service’s Palletized Munitions Experimentation Campaign, an effort to test the feasibility of launching ...

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina -- 82nd Airborne Division Soldiers are airdrop testing a small forklift system, making way for movement of large amounts of equipment and supplies quickly in austere ...