{"id":191458,"date":"2009-08-15T05:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-15T10:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2009\/08\/15\/marine-corps-downselects-to-2-unmanned-cargo-helos\/"},"modified":"2009-08-15T05:51:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-15T10:51:00","slug":"marine-corps-downselects-to-2-unmanned-cargo-helos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2009\/08\/15\/marine-corps-downselects-to-2-unmanned-cargo-helos\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Corps Downselects to 2 Unmanned Cargo helos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img31.imageshack.us\/img31\/1374\/aw08172009718l3004368.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" width=\"400\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img34.imageshack.us\/img34\/9130\/aw08172009735l3011405.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" width=\"400\" \/>The Marine Corps is looking for a UAV cargo carrier that can handle the rigors of operation in Afghanistan, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationweek.com\/publication\/awst\/loggedin\/AvnowStoryDisplay.do?fromChannel=awst&amp;pubKey=awst&amp;channel=awst&amp;issueDate=2009-08-17&amp;section=News+Breaks&amp;headline=News+and+information+from+around+the+globe\">Boeing A-160T Hummingbird and the Kaman K-MAX<\/a>. (<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">paid subscription required<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to be able to carry 750-1000 lbs at a density altitude in excess of 12,000 feet.<\/p>\n<p>Boeing probably has the edge on UAV operations, though Kaman&#8217;s partnership with Lockheed-Martin may close the gap on this, but the K-Max has a lot more in the way of flight hours under harsh conditions, both in firefighting and logging operations.<\/p>\n<p>I lean toward Kaman, because with a twin main rotor design, it may handle better in high altitudes, like the Hindu Kush.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marine Corps is looking for a UAV cargo carrier that can handle the rigors of operation in Afghanistan, and the Boeing A-160T Hummingbird and the Kaman K-MAX. (paid subscription required) The goal is to be able to carry 750-1000 lbs at a density altitude in excess of 12,000 feet. Boeing probably has the edge &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1153,1007,1006,1152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-aviation","category-military","category-uav"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}