Over the next year, the U.S. Army will deploy more than 1,000 Switchblade 600 drones as part of Replicator, the Pentagon’s initiative to field thousands of uncrewed systems. The quantity was disclosed by Gen. James Mingus, the Army’s vice chief of staff, during a June 21 House Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing at the Defense Innovation Unit’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.The Switchblade 600, is among the few systems the Defense Department plans to purchase in the first phase of the Replicator program. It is the only system named so far. Other planned acquisitions include an unspecified fleet of maritime drones through a DIU solicitation, a collection of uncrewed surface vehicles, and counter-drone systems.In this video, Defense Updates analyzes why the US Army is acquiring 1,000 Switchblade 600 loitering munition ?#defenseupdates #Switchblade600 #usarmy Chapters:00:11 INTRODUCTION01:55 AEROVIRONMENT SWITCHBLADE03:32 SWITCHBLADE 600 06:24 ANALYSIS