AeroVironment’s Switchblade 600 In First MQ-9A Reaper Launch

testing of switchblade 600 with MQ-9A Reaper uncrewed air system
Credit: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.
AeroVironment says the company's Switchblade 600 loitering munition system has completed the first launch from a General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper uncrewed aircraft system (UAS). The week-long test campaign involved two successful launches and real-time data transmission, including the use of satcom...
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Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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