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AeroVironment Details ‘Bigger, Faster, More Effective’ Version Of Switchblade Loitering Missile

AeroVironment Details ‘Bigger, Faster, More Effective’ Version Of Switchblade Loitering Missile
Switchblade 600. Photo: AeroVironment.

AeroVironment [AVAV] on Thursday unveiled a “bigger, faster and more effective” version of its man-portable, tube-launched Switchblade loitering missile, which the company said has already garnered interest from several DoD customers. The larger Switchblade 600 is part of AeroVironment’s new family of loitering missile systems, which includes the legacy Switchblade 300 and the new Blackwing, a small loitering munition that can be launched from submarines. “Our family of loitering missile systems is redefining and disrupting a multi-billion dollar missiles market,”…

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