Robocopter to the rescue: send in the supplies

On December 17, 2011, an epoch-making occurrence took place; it has gone unheralded, but time may show it as a path-breaking event that will revolutionize the use of air power in combat. The first operational cargo delivery by an unmanned aerial vehicle took place in a combat zone when a K-Max unmanned helicopter in Afghanistan transported 3000 lbs of cargo, underslung beneath it, in a two-hour flight to resupply an outpost of the US Marines.

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