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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 them, a Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) official said on Thursday. Deliveries of the AeroVironment [AVAV]-built Switchblade drone munitions have demonstrated the success of Replicator 1, Sarah Pearson, director of commercial engagement for DIU, said during a panel discussion at the NDIA Emerging Technologies conference. Pearson declined to disclose the customer but…
