Kaman Contemplates Restarting K-Max Helicopter Production
The intermeshing, counter-rotating main rotors of the K-Max eliminate the need for a tail rotor, which means that all engine power is available to lift the helicopter.
The intermeshing, counter-rotating main rotors of the K-Max eliminate the need for a tail rotor, which means that all engine power is available to lift the helicopter.

Kaman Aerospace (Booth No. 4922) said it is soliciting customer interest here at Heli-Expo to resume production of the civil variant of its K-Max heavy external lift helicopter. The K-Max was certified in 1994, and autonomously piloted models have recently been flying for the U.S. Marines in Afghanistan. Civil versions of the aircraft have long been used in construction, firefighting and logging applications. Kaman shut down the production line in 2003 after 38 were built.

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