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Army to buy more than 1,000 Switchblade drones through Replicator
« on: June 22, 2024, 01:11:19 pm »
Army to buy more than 1,000 Switchblade drones through Replicator
By Courtney Albon
 Jun 21, 2024, 06:03 PM
 
The U.S. Army will field more than 1,000 Switchblade 600 drones over the next year as part of Replicator — the Pentagon’s push to field thousands of uncrewed systems.

Gen. James Mingus, the Army’s vice chief of staff, revealed the quantity for the first time during a June 21 House Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing, hosted at the Defense Innovation Unit’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.


Built by AeroVironment, the Switchblade 600 loitering munition is one of a handful of systems the Defense Department plans to buy in the first tranche of the Replicator program and is the only one officials have identified by name. Others include an unspecified fleet of maritime drones procured through a DIU solicitation, a batch of uncrewed surface vehicles and a set of counter-drone systems.

https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/2024/06/21/army-to-buy-more-than-1000-switchblade-drones-through-replicator/
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