Cavalry Division soldiers tested the system during an exercise at Fort Hood, marking the first time it was live-fired on the ...
The Switchblade 400 leverages the larger 600 design to offer similar capabilities in a shorter-range package that a single ...
“It’s a remote-controlled missile that flies like a drone until it gets to the target,” a flight operations supervisor from the system’s manufacturer said. “The operator uses onboard cameras to ...
The United States Armed Forces tested this week the Switchblade 600, a “kamikaze” type drone designed to detect, track, and ...
FORT HOOD, Texas (KWTX) - American soldiers are always looking for new ways to get the edge on the battlefield. The 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team is training on the Switchblade 600 missile drone ...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and AeroVironment have demonstrated the ability of a Switchblade 600 loitering munition to deploy from an MQ-9A Reaper unmanned air vehicle. The work took ...
It's been more than 20 years now since the American military started flying something called the MQ-9A Reaper drone. Over 300 of them are currently operating the skies of the world, conducting ...
The contractor supplying Switchblade loitering munitions to the Defense Department under the first phase of the Replicator initiative has delivered “hundreds” of systems to a customer who has fielded ...