Soldiers with the Army’s 1st Cavalry Division recently tested the Switchblade 600 Loitering Munition System during an exercise at Fort Hood’s eastern training area, marking the first time the system ...

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 ...

After they had dominated the battlefields since the days of the Second World War, heavily armored tanks became the preferred prey for cheap, light, and deadly drones. These flying machines are now the ...

GA-ASI and AeroVironment demonstrate first-ever air launch of Switchblade 600 from MQ-9A, advancing drone mothership concepts for smaller UAS. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Switchblade 600 made by AeroVironment launches from a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone earlier this year in an experimental test flight. (AeroVironment) In recent years, AeroVironment’s Switchblade ...

BEMOWO PISKIE TRAINING AREA, Poland — Soldiers from the Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment detected, tracked, engaged and defeated multiple drones at ranges between 500 and 800 meters using the Ballistic Low ...

In recent years, AeroVironment’s Switchblade loitering munition has become a critical weapon in Ukraine and played a growing role in multiple nations’ arsenals. Now, AeroVironment is preparing to ...