Beginning in December 2011, the US Marine Corps (USMC) operated two K-MAX UAS drones to resupply its forward operating bases in the Afghan mountains and to avoid exposing ground convoys to the threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and/or the risk of ambushes. Supplied by Kaman and Lockheed Martin, these aircraft were... This article, "The US Marine Corps wants to acquire drones to resupply its units in contested environments," first appe…
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Beginning in December 2011, the US Marine Corps (USMC) operated two K-MAX UAS drones to resupply its forward operating bases in the Afghan mountains and to avoid exposing ground convoys to the threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and/or the risk of ambushes. Supplied by Kaman and Lockheed Martin, these aircraft were... This article, "The US Marine Corps wants to acquire drones to resupply its units in contested environments," first appe…