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The U.S. Army’s Drone Nightmare Is Coming True

Ukraine’s war made drones the centerpiece of modern combat, shifting battlefields toward WWI-style positional fights as cheap ...
After they had dominated the battlefields since the days of the Second World War, heavily armored tanks became the preferred prey for cheap, light, and deadly drones. These flying machines are now the ...
In recent years, AeroVironment’s Switchblade loitering munition has become a critical weapon in Ukraine and played a growing role in multiple nations’ arsenals. Now, AeroVironment is preparing to ...
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The U.S. Army’s Drone Nightmare Has Arrived

Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Army, having “fallen massively behind” in the low-cost, high-volume drone warfare perfected ...
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 ...
A Switchblade 600 made by AeroVironment launches from a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone earlier this year in an experimental test flight. (AeroVironment) In recent years, AeroVironment’s Switchblade ...