Pentagon’s Drone Program Selects AeroVironment’s Switchblade 600

Published on May 7, 2024

The Department of Defense has announced new details about its Replicator initiative, a project aimed at fielding thousands of all-domain attritable autonomous (ADA2) systems to counter the Chinese regime’s military in a possible conflict. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced that Switchblade 600—a loitering munition produced by Virgina-based drone maker AeroVironment—is part of the first tranche of systems for the Replicator program, according to a press release issued by the Pentagon on May 6. “The first tranche of Replicator capabilities include uncrewed surface vehicles (USV), uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and counter-uncrewed aerial systems (c-UAS) of various sizes and payloads from several traditional and non-traditional vendors,” the Pentagon said....

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