Kaman
Announces
First Unmanned K-MAX TITAN™
Kaman Air Vehicles recently announced the first flight of its new unmanned helicopter, the K-MAX TITAN™. The world’s first heavy lift unmanned helicopter for the commercial market, K-MAX TITAN™ leads the way in repetitive heavy lift without the constraints of manned operations. With a focus on enabling safety and operational efficiency, the proprietary K-MAX TITAN™ system will redefine the helicopter external lift market by increasing future mission capabilities in any location and any type of weather.
“We are excited to reach this major milestone on K-MAX TITAN™ – watching this capability take to the skies and knowing that we are going to solve some of the toughest challenges for our commercial and military customers,” stated Roger Wassmuth,
senior director, business development, Air Vehicles Division.
Concurrent with commercial development, Kaman is working with the U.S. Marine Corps on upgrading the autonomous capabilities of their two USMC K-MAXZ® air vehicles through a funded government contract.
start in May 2021. The USMC experiment includes Kaman’s K-MAX TITAN™ unmanned system and Near Earth Autonomy’s sensor-based autonomy suite.
Flight
of
Flight-testing is expected to
Don’t Forget to Register for the 2021 FAA UAS Symposium
There is still time to register for Episode IV of the virtual FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Symposium.
The theme for this year’s event is “Above and Beyond” and it will take place on Sept. 14-15, 2021. This is a unique opportunity to have your drone questions answered from leaders in the industry, who will discuss future technologies and regulations that support the safe integration of drones into the national airspace system.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) are co-hosting the symposium. Each episode will feature keynote presentations,
expert panels, informational sessions with live Q&A, roundtable discussions, and one-on-one meetings with experts from the FAA UAS Support Center. The full agenda and session descriptions for Episode III are available on the symposium website. The agenda for Episode IV will be posted in the summer.
Episode IV (Sept. 14-15) sessions will focus on: •
Operational Advancements
• Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Operations •
International Developments
Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to learn and network– register now.
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