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American Drones Can Now Fire Other Drones

An American MQ-9 Reaper drone recently fired a Switchblade loitering munition at a testing target, marking the first time a US drone had deployed another drone for combat.
It's been more than 20 years now since the American military started flying something called the MQ-9A Reaper drone. Over 300 of them are currently operating the skies of the world, conducting ...
The only “hellscape” being created is whatever is happening at the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group (DAWG) to complicate what ...
AeroVironment and Taiwan’s NCSIST partner to build drone sustainment and expand defense capabilities, supporting Taiwan’s UAS ecosystem.
ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AeroVironment (AV) was selected by the U.S. Marine Corps for the first phase of the Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) program of record. AV’s Switchblade 300 Block ...
Kratos and Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology have unveiled the Mighty Hornet 4 attack unmanned ...
AeroVironment will benefit from Washington’s new push to expand military drone use, Bank of America said as it began coverage of the stock with a Buy rating and a $300 price target.
ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Department of State announced approval of a possible foreign military sale of AeroVironment (AV) Switchblade ® 300 loitering munition systems to Taiwan for an ...
FORT HOOD, Texas (KWTX) - American soldiers are always looking for new ways to get the edge on the battlefield. The 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team is training on the Switchblade 600 missile drone ...
BEMOWO PISKIE TRAINING AREA, Poland — Soldiers from the Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment detected, tracked, engaged and defeated multiple drones at ranges between 500 and 800 meters using the Ballistic Low ...
Taiwanese tech firm AbonMax has unveiled the Cobra-3120, a domestically developed tactical drone modeled after the US-made Switchblade, marking a significant step forward for the island's private ...