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The AeroVironment Switchblade is a miniature loitering munition designed by AeroVironment and used by several branches of the United States military.Small enough to fit in a backpack, the Switchblade launches from a tube, flies to the target area, and crashes into its target while detonating its explosive warhead.
The US military and other armed forces worldwide have deployed Switchblade drones as precise air support with less risk of collateral damage. AeroVironment's Switchblade drones are the US Army's ...
Manufactured by the California company AeroVironment, the drones come in two variations: the Switchblade 600 and the 300. The latter is built to hit at smaller and more precise targets; the 600 is ...
A peculiar hybrid vertical-takeoff drone being supplied to Ukraine called the AeroVironment Jump 20 can also be adapted to carry and air-launch Switchblade-300 and, possibly, Switchblade-600 ...
The Aevex Phoenix Ghost is a family of aerial loitering munitions (explosive drones) designed by American company Aevex Aerospace. According to a senior US defense official, initial versions were broadly similar to the AeroVironment Switchblade , [ 1 ] but later designs were larger and more capable.
The military role of unmanned aircraft systems is growing at unprecedented rates. In 2005, tactical- and theater-level unmanned aircraft alone had flown over 100,000 flight hours in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, organized under Task Force Liberty in Afghanistan and Task Force ODIN in Iraq. Throughout the US ...
Some people call AeroVironment's Switchblade drone a "Lethal Miniature Aerial Munitions System," or LMAMS. Others call Switchblade an "agile munitions system" or even "the first smart loitering ...
RQ-20A Puma Military designation for the Puma All Environment variant. Enhanced Puma Upgrade of the RQ-20A Puma AE with more powerful propulsion system and new batteries that increase endurance by 75 percent to 3.5 hours, auxiliary payload bay to integrate payloads while keeping the video camera, precision navigation system with secondary GPS, and a redesigned durable fuselage with reinforced ...