Helicopters

Unmanned helicopters could soon battle US wildfires

By 2014-11-18T20:25:21

K-Max SMSS LM TN

The US Department of the Interior could begin using unmanned air vehicles to battle forest fire within a year based on a recent demonstration in which Kaman Aerospace and Lockheed Martin doused controlled burns with an optionally piloted K-MAX helicopter.

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