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Singapore 2010: USMC unmanned cargo trials begin well

4th February 2010 - 16:00 GMT | by Darren Lake in Singapore

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Following on from contracts announced in August last year the US Marine Corps (USMC)  Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) has completed the first of two evaluations aimed at realising a deployable unmanned cargo capability.

Speaking to Uvonline.com at the Singapore Air Show the head of MCWL, Brig Gen Robert Hedelund, said that 'this slice of capability showed great promise for the marine corps.,' and that a capability could be in theatre within a year.

The contracts for the Immediate Cargo UAS evaluation where awarded to Boeing and a Kaman Aerospace/Lockheed Martin team on 9 August 2009. The aim of the project was

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