Multi-Pack Launcher Deployed for Switchblade
7/16/2019
By Stew Magnuson
TAMPA, Fla. — The Army earlier this year deployed a new six-tube firing system for its Switchblade remotely controlled small missile, a company executive said on the sidelines of the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference.
The Army, Marine Corps and special operations forces have been using Switchblades for forward operating base defense for about seven years, Brett Hush, vice president of tactical missile systems at the missile’s manufacturer, AeroVironment, said in an interview. Normally, when sensors detect an incoming threat such as a mortar round, operators have to run out, kneel down and fire back with a single-shot tube.
“You want to be able to quickly respond back to them,†he said. However, that left warfighters vulnerable and took some time.
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