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AeroVironment Introduces a New Loitering Weapon Addressing Army, Marine Corps Evolving...
Aerovironment announced today expanding its loitering weapon family, as it introduced the Switchblade 600 – the largest weapon in the family announced to date. The new weapon employs the tube-launched, collapsible wing, electric propulsion architecture as Switchblade 300, and its Blackwing variant. With longer range, extended mission endurance, and multi-purpose warhead Switchblade 600 expand the warfighter’s capability engaging larger, hardened targets at greater distances.
AeroVironment Enhances Puma UAV to Endure E-Combat
AeroVironment, Inc. is unveiled today the Puma 3 AE, a new version of its proven RQ-20B Puma AE small tactical UAV that includes upgrades that prepare the air-vehicle for operation in rugged terrain and challenging electronic combat environment. The updated design enables the SUAS to carry advanced, third-party payloads and software applications. The entire system has also been reduced in size, now enabling to carry a flyable system in a single case.
Enhanced, Switchblade to Use Immune, Digital Datalink
AeroVironment and Orbital ATK announced the completion of development of a block upgrade for the Switchblade tactical missile system, improving the weapon's datalink with a new, encrypted digital data-link. AeroVironment has teamed with Orbital ATK to produce the advanced warhead for the weapon.
US Army Allocates Quarter Billion US$ for Small UAS
The US Army announced has awarded Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract (ID/IQ) to five manufacturers of small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) worth together up to...
AeroVironment to Market Cybaero VTUAVs in the US
US UAV company AeroVironment pursue VTUAV opportunities in US and NATO, teaming with the Swedish company CybAero to market medium-weight unmanned helicopters.
U.S. Air Force Welcomes Wasp AE for the BATMAV Program with...
The U.S. Air Force has included AeroVironment’s new WASP AE to its Battlefield Air Targeting Micro Air Vehicle (BATMAV) program. This inclusion enabled the...
U.S. Army Buys Switchblade Small Loitering Weapons
The U.S. Army has awarded AeroVironment a contract worth almost $5 million for the first deliveries of Switchblade agile munition, the company announced today....