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Lockheed's K-Max, Sikorsky's SARA Show Off Firefighting, SAR Capabilities

November 17 2016

USA

Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky have demonstrated their unmanned capabilities in a fire-suppression and search-and-rescue (SAR) mission, reports Flight International.

The Nov. 8 exercise at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, N.Y., involved an unmanned Kaman K-Max helicopter, the Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft (SARA), Lockheed's Indago quadrotor and the Desert Hawk 3.1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Lockheed acquired Sikorsky in 2015.

The scenario in the exercise...

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