America sends unmanned aircraft to help Japan

Japan's Kyodo news agency on April 17 reported that the US government has formally proposed sending unmanned transport helicopters to help Japan troubleshoot at the Fukushima I. nuclear power plant.

Kyodo said the US will send K-MAX aircraft to Japan to remove used fuel rods from tanks. K-MAX will be equipped with large and remote-controlled cranes with a lifting capacity of about 1.4 tons.

US K-MAX unmanned helicopter.

Earlier, in March last year, Judge US Pacific Command, Admiral Robert Willard also offered to support K-MAX aircraft during a meeting with Japanese Chief of Staff Ryoichi Orki. The US said it was ready to transfer K-MAX from the US to Matsushima Air Base of Japan in Miyagi by air.

K-MAX is an unmanned transport helicopter developed by Lockheed Martin weapons corporation and KAMAN airline group. The aircraft is currently undergoing service for US marines and replaces manned planes after many US helicopters in Afghanistan have been shot down.