Rotorcraft
Kaman Looks To Bring Pilot-optional K-Max to Market
The Connecticut airframer believes it will have an optional unmanned operation kit for the K-Max available for certification by 2020.
The K-Max first entered service in 1994, and it will be "back by popular demand" in a pilot-optional version for commercial operations, the company said.
The K-Max first entered service in 1994, and it will be "back by popular demand" in a pilot-optional version for commercial operations, the company said.

Kaman aims to have the first pilot-optional helicopter certified by the FAA, the Connecticut-based airframer said this week at Heli-Expo 2019. It expects to have such a version of its K-Max heavy-lift helicopter available for commercial use by 2020.