REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 5 Sept. 2013. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designers at AeroVironment Inc. in Monrovia, Calif., are building manpackable killer drones for the U.S. Army under terms of a $6.6 million contract announced Wednesday.
The Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., are asking AeroVironment to put its UAV experience to work building the Switchblade -- a loitering munition that launches from a small tube that can be carried in a warfighter's backpack.
The Army Contracting Command awarded the latest Switchblade contract on behalf of the Army Close Combat Weapons Systems Program Executive Office Missiles and Space (PEO MS).
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