"a new 'shape charge jet, anti-armor payload' designed to neutralize 'hardened vehicles,'" a Teledyne FLIR spokesperson told Breaking Defense, summing up one of the headline upgrades unveiled at SOF Week 2026 in Tampa, Fla.
Teledyne FLIR's Rogue 1 Block 2: doubled range, delivered timelines
Teledyne FLIR used SOF Week to display Block 2 of its electrically propelled, quadrotor Rogue 1 lethal unmanned aerial system. The company says Block 2 has twice the range of the Block 1 variant, exceeding 20 kilometers (12.4 miles), and packs the quoted "shape charge jet, anti-armor payload" intended to defeat "hardened vehicles." The update also incorporates "advanced communications, autonomy and electronic warfare resilience mission suites," a company spokesperson told Breaking Defense.
The Rogue 1 family has already been fielded and contracted in several programs, the company said, including the US Marine Corps Organic Precision Fires-Light and US Special Operations Command Ground Organic Precision Strike Systems programs. The Block 2 variant “leverages user feedback to greatly enhance performance, resilience, and operational capability, all while maintaining existing form-factor,” a Teledyne FLIR company statement read. Deliveries of Block 2 are scheduled to begin by the third quarter of 2026, the statement said. No further details were disclosed by USSOCOM.
AV and BlueHalo: Mayhem 10 launched effect and the Switchblade SB 400
Under a joint banner with BlueHalo, AV showcased two distinct concepts: a launched effect called Mayhem 10 and a new loitering munition, the SB 400.
- Mayhem 10: Presented as capable of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance or precision strike missions, Mayhem 10 can carry a range of electronic warfare sensors as well as the Javelin Multi-Purpose warhead. A company spokesperson told Breaking Defense the launched effect is fired from the Common Launch Tube, but emphasized that “no live fire test from an aircraft has yet taken place, only ground launches.”
- SB 400: The electrically propelled, fixed-wing SB 400 joins AV’s Switchblade family alongside the SB 300 and SB 600. Unveiled in October and recently contracted for the Army’s Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance (LASSO) program, the canister-launched SB 400 uses the same Javelin warhead as the SB 600 but is reduced in length because of a smaller gimbal in the nose section.
The Army's LASSO program: multiple platforms under contract
Two different systems on display at SOF Week — Teledyne FLIR’s Rogue 1 Block 2 and AV’s SB 400 — were noted as having entered contract relationships with the Army’s Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance (LASSO) program. The Rogue 1 had “recently went under contract for the Army’s LASSO program,” while AV’s SB 400 “went under contract for the Army’s LASSO program of record” earlier this month, according to company statements and spokesperson remarks reported at the show.
Manufacturing scale-up: "thousands" a month and a new Salt Lake City plant
AV told Breaking Defense both Mayhem 10 and SB 400 are ready to enter mass production and described capacity ambitions in blunt terms: the spokesperson said the company could manufacture “thousands” of units a month in line with demand signals emerging from the Pentagon. To support that pace, AV is establishing an additional manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City dedicated to loitering munition production; the facility is scheduled to begin production in January 2027.
Separately, Teledyne FLIR has placed Block 2 deliveries on a schedule that begins in the third quarter of 2026, anchoring visible near-term timelines for two of the major systems highlighted at the expo.
How USSOCOM, the Army, and AV are positioned
- USSOCOM: The command’s programs were cited in Teledyne FLIR’s company statement (Ground Organic Precision Strike Systems), but the source reports that USSOCOM did not disclose further details. That leaves the command publicly aligned with systems fielded against its named programs while withholding program-level specifics at the show.
- The Army: The source confirms the Army has placed contracts under the LASSO program for both Rogue 1 (previously) and the SB 400 (earlier this month), tying both vendors into a common procurement pathway for low-altitude stalking and strike ordnance.
- AV (and BlueHalo): AV is committing to rapid production scale-up—“thousands” per month—and is building a dedicated Salt Lake City manufacturing line slated to open January 2027, signaling the company’s expectation of sustained Pentagon demand.
Armed drones, loitering munitions and launched effects were presented at SOF Week as operationally ready systems with concrete production and delivery dates: Rogue 1 Block 2 deliveries starting by Q3 2026, AV’s SB 400 under contract and AV’s new plant beginning production in January 2027. One immediate technical inflection to watch, according to company comments at the show, is whether Mayhem 10 will undergo an aircraft live-fire test—so far it has only completed ground launches.
