US Marines
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An Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS)-enabled UH-1H helicopter has autonomously delivered 520 lb (236 kg) of water, gasoline, MREs, communications gear, and a cooler capable of carrying urgent supplies such as blood to US Marines in the field.
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Aurora Flight Sciences has successfully demonstrated an autonomous flight system that can be retrofitted to existing helicopters. A US Marine Corps UH-1H AACUS-enabled helicopter demonstrated its autonomous flight and operational capabilities by executing a series of re-supply missions.
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BAE Systems has unveiled the first of 16 Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) 1.1 prototypes it is developing for the US Marine Corps. The vehicle is a fully amphibious, ship-launchable and ship-recoverable 8x8 wheeled armored troop carrier.
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Hypoxia is regarded as the biggest safety concern of the US fixed-wing air fleets, and now a new system for monitoring pilot breathing and collecting in-flight data on hypoxia incidents is being developed.
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The Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion helicopter has flexed its muscles, lifting a 27,000-lb (12,245-kg) payload at Sikorsky's Development Flight Test Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Last October, Sikorsky's CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter made its maiden flight. That marked the start of a three-year, 2,000-hour test program that has continued with the aircraft making its first external load flight test carrying 20,000 lb.
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The next generation of US Marine Corp helicopters took to the air recently with the successful maiden flight of Sikorsky's CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter at the company's West Palm Beach, Florida Development Flight Center.
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Lockheed Martin has revealed a new Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) 1.1 that can carry up to 13 marines over land or water and incorporates intuitive automatic systems into the design.
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The US Marine Corps has declared the F-35B Lightning II operational. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121) is now officially cleared for worldwide deployment after a five-day Operational Readiness Inspection.
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At Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia last week, the golf course was turned into a battlefield thanks to the Office of Naval Research's (ONR) Augmented Immersive Team Trainer (AITT), which made the action visible only to participants wearing special glasses.
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DARPA's Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) project aims to improve coordination between military air and ground forces by means of a digital system that works up to seven times faster than regular paper maps and voice radio instructions, and with greater accuracy.
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A human mechanical surrogate is part of a program by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to create robots, avatars, and animatronic surrogates for military training.
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