The US Marine Corps (USMC) has tested the deployment of ramp-launched munitions from the Bell-Boeing MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft under wider plans to equip it with a gunship capability, it was announced earlier in April. The tests, which were conducted in late March under the auspices of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA's) Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) programme, saw an MV-22 launch both the Raytheon Griffin missile and the AeroVironment Switchblade loitering munition from tubes located on the ramp.
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