{"id":30016,"date":"2025-10-14T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:09:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:09:31","slug":"armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/","title":{"rendered":"Armored soldiers get first live-fire work on Switchblade 600"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldiers with the Army\u2019s 1st Cavalry Division recently tested the Switchblade 600 Loitering Munition System during an exercise at Fort Hood\u2019s eastern training area, marking the first time the system has been live-fired on the Texas installation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldiers from 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team in September conducted the trial in support of the Army\u2019s Transformation in Contact initiative aimed at modernizing armored formations for future conflicts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of that ongoing effort includes familiarization with the Aerovironment-produced system, which has already been put to the test by a handful of Army units, according to a service release. The 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, meanwhile, is among the first armored units to take the tube-launched, unmanned aircraft system for a spin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Switchblade enables the brigade to engage targets with precision between five and 15 kilometers in front of our forward line of troops, extending our reach and lethality,\u201d Capt. Jeffrey Weller, commander of the Multi-Functional Reconnaissance Troop, 2nd ABCT, said in a release. \u201cYou can feel the excitement in the air.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The high-tech system is just one of many that the service is incorporating as it revamps how certain formations fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weighing 75 pounds with a length of approximately five feet, the Switchblade 600 touts a Javelin multipurpose warhead, a range of up to 27 miles, a flight time of around 40 minutes and an explosive payload of five pounds, according to the release. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After being fired, the munition flies like a drone while an operator uses onboard cameras to identify and engage targets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4134\" height=\"2326\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9316489.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9316489.jpg.jpg 4134w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9316489.jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9316489.jpg.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9316489.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9316489.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9316489.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4134px) 100vw, 4134px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Switchblade 600 munition is launched from its firing mechanism during a live-fire exercise on Fort Hood, Texas, Sept. 15. (Spc. Julian A. Winston\/U.S. Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEverything else I\u2019ve flown has been for surveillance and target acquisition,\u201d Spc. Drake Cross, a Switchblade operator who has previously worked on RQ-7 Shadow and RQ-28 Quadcopter drones, said in the release. \u201cThis is the first one where I can actually deliver a round. It\u2019s exciting because it saves soldiers\u2019 lives by hitting targets without putting us in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cross and other operators completed a five-day training course alongside Aerovironment instructors prior to incorporating the system into the live-fire exercise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With his prior experience on drone platforms, learning the system, Cross said, came pretty easily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnce you identify and lock onto a target, you can adjust right up until impact to make sure you\u2019re hitting what you want,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldiers are slated to get additional practice on the system during an upcoming rotation at Fort Irwin\u2019s National Training Center in California, Weller noted, adding that the continued training is a must in order to adapt to a constantly evolving battlefield. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA huge thing the Army has seen across multiple battlefields, whether in Ukraine or elsewhere, is the rapid modernization and high usage of drones,\u201d Weller said in the release. \u201cThe Army has to modernize to keep pace. Seeing systems like the Switchblade in action shows us the future of how our formations will fight.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1st Cavalry Division soldiers tested the system during an exercise at Fort Hood, marking the first time it was live-fired on the Texas installation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":87851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":7,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[7,21],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3400],"class_list":["post-30016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-battlefield-tech","category-unmanned"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"VXO5UNUBTJF7FG3Q7P57LEEMXA","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-army\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Armored soldiers get first live-fire work on Switchblade 600 - C4ISRNet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"1st Cavalry Division soldiers tested the system during an exercise at Fort Hood, marking the first time it was live-fired on the Texas installation.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Armored soldiers get first live-fire work on Switchblade 600\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"1st Cavalry Division soldiers tested the system during an exercise at Fort Hood, marking the first time it was live-fired on the Texas installation.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"C4ISRNet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-14T20:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T04:09:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"J.D. Simkins\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"J.D. Simkins\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"Armored soldiers get first live-fire work on Switchblade 600\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2025-10-14T20:00:00+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T04:09:31+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 502,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/9316500.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"Battlefield Tech\",\n\t                \"Unmanned\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Armored soldiers get first live-fire work on Switchblade 600 - C4ISRNet\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/9316500.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2025-10-14T20:00:00+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T04:09:31+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"1st Cavalry Division soldiers tested the system during an exercise at Fort Hood, marking the first time it was live-fired on the Texas installation.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/9316500.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/9316500.jpg.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/14\\\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Battlefield Tech\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/battlefield-tech\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"battlefield-tech\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Armored soldiers get first live-fire work on Switchblade 600\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"C4ISRNet\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Media for the Intelligence-Age Military | C4ISRNET\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"C4ISRNet\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c4isrnet-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c4isrnet-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"C4ISRNet\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Armored soldiers get first live-fire work on Switchblade 600 - C4ISRNet","description":"1st Cavalry Division soldiers tested the system during an exercise at Fort Hood, marking the first time it was live-fired on the Texas installation.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Armored soldiers get first live-fire work on Switchblade 600","og_description":"1st Cavalry Division soldiers tested the system during an exercise at Fort Hood, marking the first time it was live-fired on the Texas installation.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/","og_site_name":"C4ISRNet","article_published_time":"2025-10-14T20:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-08T04:09:31+00:00","author":"J.D. Simkins","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"J.D. Simkins","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"Armored soldiers get first live-fire work on Switchblade 600","datePublished":"2025-10-14T20:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T04:09:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/"},"wordCount":502,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9316500.jpg.jpg","articleSection":["Battlefield Tech","Unmanned"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/","name":"Armored soldiers get first live-fire work on Switchblade 600 - C4ISRNet","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9316500.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-14T20:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T04:09:31+00:00","description":"1st Cavalry Division soldiers tested the system during an exercise at Fort Hood, marking the first time it was live-fired on the Texas installation.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9316500.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9316500.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/14\/armored-soldiers-get-first-live-fire-work-on-switchblade-600\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Battlefield Tech","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/","ad_zone":"battlefield-tech"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Armored soldiers get first live-fire work on Switchblade 600"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/","name":"C4ISRNet","description":"Media for the Intelligence-Age Military | C4ISRNET","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#organization","name":"C4ISRNet","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c4isrnet-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c4isrnet-logo-white.png","caption":"C4ISRNet"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"C4ISRNet","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9316500.jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30017,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30016\/revisions\/30017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30016"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=30016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}