{"id":51456,"date":"2024-05-07T13:05:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T13:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/05\/07\/teledyne-unveils-rogue-1-exploding-drone-sought-by-marine-corps\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:36:15","slug":"teledyne-unveils-rogue-1-exploding-drone-sought-by-marine-corps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2024\/05\/07\/teledyne-unveils-rogue-1-exploding-drone-sought-by-marine-corps\/","title":{"rendered":"Teledyne unveils Rogue 1 exploding drone sought by Marine Corps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Teledyne FLIR Defense plans to provide more than 100 of its Rogue 1 attack drone, capable of targeting infantry and armored vehicles, to the U.S. Marine Corps this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The anticipated deliveries follow the company\u2019s selection to the Organic Precision Fires-Light initiative, which seeks to arm Marines with easy-to-use, explosives-laden unmanned aerial systems. Teledyne is one of three companies competing <\/a>for orders on the potential $249 million OPF-L arrangement; the two others are AeroVironment and Anduril Industries. AeroVironment said an initial order was valued at nearly $9 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rogue 1 weighs about 10 pounds and can be retrieved from a carrying tube. Its quadcopter features fold out, and it is capable of vertical takeoff and landing, or VTOL, meaning no additional launching gear is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its interchangeable warhead \u2014 for training, for taking out troops on foot, and for blasting through armor<\/a> \u2014 sits on a gimbal and is coupled with sensors. Should the drone not explode or be recalled, it can be disarmed and reused thanks to a mechanical disconnect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Bills, the company\u2019s director of UAS products, told C4ISRNET what makes Rogue 1 stand out is its VTOL design as well as the accuracy with which troops can hit a target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile we only have a roughly 1 pound warhead, we\u2019re able to put that entire 1 pound to incredible use, due to that precision that\u2019s offered by that gimbal,\u201d Bills said in an interview. \u201cOne of them is designed to be kind of an anti-armor, so it\u2019ll poke a hole through steel. The other one is forward-fragmenting, think of a really advanced shotgun effect with tungsten cubes<\/a>, designed for anti-personnel and soft-skinned vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t