loitering

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Along with making loitering munitions and surveillance drones, AeroVironment’s BlueHalo subsidiary makes LOCUST, a laser-based counter-unmanned system.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The Defense Department last week paid AeroVironment $186 million for the first procurement in a five-year, $990 million contract for its Switchblade loitering missile systems.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

Drones were spotted this month in France, loitering around a gunpowder plant and a train station where tanks are located.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

After the result, us reporters were still loitering in the street and we were kept waiting ages for the winner, the loser and the prime minister to leave.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

"But there were soldiers loitering on the corner. I didn't think it was safe to walk past them, so I hid in an alley like a street beggar until they left."

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse