The K-Max was designed and built by Kaman Aerospace as an affordable, medium-lift helicopter able to perform vertical lifts and suited for emergency response missions ranging from fire-fighting and disaster relief to search and rescue, power line work, and timber harvesting. A variant developed was the Firemax, a heli-tanker model
The Eclipse 500 was one of the first of what has become known as the Very Light Jet (VLA) and incorporates technologically advanced systems which include electronic circuit breakers, enhanced avionics functionality, dual-channel FADEC and auto-throttle.