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Lance Cpl. Isiah Enriquez, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, launches a Switchblade 300 loitering munition during a training exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., July ...

Californian company AeroVironment AVAV aims to disrupt the multibillion-dollar tactical missile industry with its new SwitchBlade 600 loitering missile. Such missiles, sometimes termed kamikaze drones ...

Shortly after being attacked by a kamikaze drone—or “loitering munition” in industry-speak—Russian forces in Ukraine recorded themselves picking over the wreckage of the killer robot. That footage ...

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 ...

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 US is sending billions of dollars' worth of security assistance to Ukraine. The latest aid package includes more US-made Stinger anti-aircraft and Javelin anti-tank missiles. It also includes 100 ...