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Navy/USMC

Teledyne Unveils Recoverable Rogue 1 Loitering Munition Picked For Marines’ OPF-L

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, May 7th, 2024

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Teledyne Unveils Recoverable Rogue 1 Loitering Munition Picked For Marines’ OPF-L

Teledyne FLIR Defense's Rogue 1 loitering munition. Photo: Matthew Beinart

Teledyne FLIR Defense [TDY] on Tuesday unveiled its new Rogue 1 recoverable loitering munition, its system picked for the Marine Corps’ Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) program that the company described as an “exponential, massive leap” in capability. Along with the new OPF-L program, Teledyne FLIR Defense’s Rogue 1 is being evaluated for Special Operations Command’s Ground Organic Precision Strike Systems (GOPSS) program and the company has already delivered more than 70 to support a separate Marine Corps year-long experimentation effort.…

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