The department is actively trying to finalize the contract for the purchase of 10 (drones) Switchplate 600 (…) Pentagon spokeswoman Jessica Maxwell said Wednesday.
Old 300 series engines
The United States has promised to deliver Ukraine At least 700 switch blade dronesAnd about 100 have already been donated. These are the old 300 series engines, weighing 2.5 kilograms and designed to attack soldiers and light vehicles. Their range is about 10 km and they can be in the air for 15 minutes longer than the target, according to company data. AerovirmentCreated drones.
New SwitchPlate 600 drones
The machines of the new series Switch blade 600, Manufactured by the California company Simi Valley, weighs about 23 kilograms, can fly over 38 kilometers and be in the air 40 minutes before an attack, for which they use an anti-tank warship. The operator has at its disposal a tablet with an attack control system, a Bullet Can be controlled manually, Bloomberg explained.
The new switchboard will be purchased under the value of 600 drones $ 300 million A bundle of deadly weapons must be donated Ukraine Under a decision announced by the Pentagon in April. Last week, the Ministry of Defense ordered 300 Switchplane drones in the 300 Series with Aerovirement for $ 17.8 million. This brought the total order for these machines to $ 144 million.
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