US defence-policy reporting
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Details the structure: a firm-fixed-price IDIQ (5-year base + 5-year option) that is an 'ordering guide', not direct funding; first task order ($87M) selects Lattice as JIATF 401's tactical counter-drone C2. Covers Altius UAVs, Ghost/Anvil, Menace interceptors and Dive AUVs.
“The award is a contract vehicle — an ordering guide — under which the Army will issue task orders as funds are allocated.”
Reports the Marine Corps will begin fielding its Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) loitering munition — AeroVironment's Switchblade 300 Block 20 — to operational units in the 'June timeframe', marking the service's first organic beyond-line-of-sight precision strike at the squad level.
“Operational units will begin receiving the new launched-effects capability, OPF-Light, in the June timeframe, an official said.”