AeroVironment to Equip USSOCOM with Switchblade Tactical Missile System
On 4-November AeroVironment reported it will Equip United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) with the man-portable Switchblade 600 TMS, which uses electro-optical and infrared sensors to conduct reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition in support of tactical operations. Executivebiz.com quoted Brett Hush, vice president and product line general manager for TMS at AeroVironment: “the tube-launched missile is designed to track and engage non-line-of-sight targets. The system features an anti-armor warhead to penetrate enemy light armored vehicles....
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