Image from a quicklink (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | The US military has issued soldiers in Afghanistan with a new class of lightweight unmanned drone known as the Switchblade, which can be carried in a backpack and used on the battlefield in place of an air strike. The weapon, which commanders have dubbed the "Flying Shotgun", has been widely tested by the US Army, US Marines and US Air Force. It has proved so effective that AeroVironment has announced more than US$14m ( £9m) worth of Switchblade systems and related engineering contracts in the past 10 months. |