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Status. Production ended, in service. Produced. 1991–2003, 2015–2023. The Kaman K-MAX (company designation K-1200) is a helicopter with intermeshing rotors (synchropter) designed and produced by the American manufacturer Kaman Aircraft. Developed during the 1980s and 1990s, the K-MAX builds on the work of the German aeronautical engineer ...
Kaman Corporation / k ə ˈ m ɑː n / is an American aerospace company, with headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut.It was founded in 1945 by Charles Kaman.During the first ten years the company operated exclusively as a designer and manufacturer of several helicopters that set world records and achieved many aviation firsts.
The Kaman HH-43 Huskie is a helicopter developed and produced by the American rotorcraft manufacturer Kaman Aircraft. [2] It is perhaps most distinctive for its use of twin intermeshing rotors, having been largely designed by the German aeronautical engineer Anton Flettner. First flown on 21 April 1953, the HH-43 went into production and was ...
Kaman Aerospace's Unmanned K-MAX Wins Top Innovation Honors, U.S. Marine Corps' Praise BLOOMFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The unmanned K-MAX® helicopter's peerless ability to resupply combat ...
During the Cold War the American Kaman Aircraft company produced the HH-43 Huskie, for USAF firefighting purposes. One example of the Kaman K-225 experimental synchropter was fitted with a small turboshaft engine in late 1951, becoming the world's first gas turbine-powered helicopter. Intermeshing rotored helicopters have high stability and ...
Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite. The Kaman SH-2 Seasprite is a ship-based helicopter originally developed and produced by American manufacturer Kaman Aircraft Corporation. It has been typically used as a compact and fast-moving rotorcraft for utility and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions. Early on it was modest sized single-engined naval ...
The Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite is an American ship-based helicopter with anti-submarine, anti-surface threat capability, including over-the-horizon targeting. This aircraft extends and increases shipboard sensor and weapon capabilities against several types of enemy threats, including submarines of all types, surface ships, and patrol craft that may be armed with anti-ship missiles.
Swanson Group Aviation, formerly Superior Helicopter, is a helicopter operating company based in Glendale, Oregon, United States . SGA operates a fleet of Kaman K-MAX helicopters. It an after sales support pilot and engineer services division for aerial firefighting, aerial construction and unmanned aircraft support.