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AeroVironment To Deliver Switchblade 300 Block 20 For Marines’ New Loitering Munitions Program

AeroVironment To Deliver Switchblade 300 Block 20 For Marines’ New Loitering Munitions Program
Switchblade 300 Block 20 loitering munition will provide the Marine Corps with organic, precision-strike capability at the tactical level. (Photo: AeroVironment)

AeroVironment [AVAV] on Thursday confirmed its providing the upgraded Block 20 version of its Switchblade 300 loitering munition for the Marine Corps’ Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) program. The company has described the Block 20 as the “next generation successor” for the Switchblade 300, noting it boasts “armor penetrating capability through an Explosively Formed Penetrator warhead, increased target attack angle and significantly greater battery life, flight endurance, and radio link range.” “Switchblade 300 Block 20 is the next generation of the…

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