US defence start-up AeroVironment won a five-year long contract, valued at nearly $1bn, to supply Switchblade loitering munitions to the US Army. The Army can expect delivery of the systems to ...

The Switchblade 600 variant can loiter for 40 minutes, has a range of up to 40 km, and has the same anti-tank warhead as the shoulder-fired Javelin missile.

The Switchblade isn't exactly a mini drone, but it is small enough for individual soldiers to carry and deploy, expanding their capability in the field. The contract offered to AeroVironment is ...

AV’s Switchblade 300 Block 20 supports the OPF-L program’s request for an individually operated, man-portable loitering munition with a lightweight, precision-guided capability against beyond ...

The Army plans to buy and field more than a thousand Switchblade 600 loitering munitions over the next year for the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative, a senior service official has said.