American defense contractor AeroVironment announced the launch of the Switchblade 300 Block 20, Switchblade 400, and Switchblade 600 Block 2.
In recent years, AeroVironment’s Switchblade loitering munition has become a critical weapon in Ukraine and played a growing role in multiple nations’ arsenals. Now, AeroVironment is preparing to ...
Hanning explained that the core Army requirement that led to the Switchblade 400 was a total weight of 40 pounds for the All-Up-Round (AUR), which consists of the loitering munition and its launch ...
It's been more than 20 years now since the American military started flying something called the MQ-9A Reaper drone. Over 300 of them are currently operating the skies of the world, conducting ...
FORT HOOD, Texas (KWTX) - American soldiers are always looking for new ways to get the edge on the battlefield. The 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team is training on the Switchblade 600 missile drone ...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and AeroVironment have demonstrated the ability of a Switchblade 600 loitering munition to deploy from an MQ-9A Reaper unmanned air vehicle. The work took ...
Video from the Ukrainian military's first-person drones has captivated millions, but the footage offers only a narrow view of ...
Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger demonstrated a new loitering munition at the DSEI trade show in London on Sept. 9, 2025. (Jaroslaw Adamowski) LONDON — Germany’s Rheinmetall plans to expand its strike ...
A Switchblade 600 made by AeroVironment launches from a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone earlier this year in an experimental test flight. (AeroVironment) In recent years, AeroVironment’s Switchblade ...