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Loitering Munition System

GA-ASI + AeroVironment complete 1st air launch of Switchblade 600 from an MQ-9A UAS

September 10, 2025

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and AeroVironment (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV) collaborated on the air launch of a Switchblade 600 loitering munition (LM) from a GA-ASI Block 5 MQ-9A unmanned […]

Filed Under: AeroVironment, Demo, Demonstrations, Demos, GA-ASI, General Atomics Aeronautical Sysgtems Inc. (GA-ASI), Loitering Munition System, MQ-9A Block 5 ER UAS (GA-ASI), News, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds Test Range

AV announces 2nd delivery order on a $990 million U.S. Army contract

January 15, 2025

AeroVironment (AV) has been awarded its second delivery order totaling $55.3 million of Switchblade® loitering munition systems as part of U.S. Army’s Directed Requirement (DR) for Lethal Unmanned Systems (LUS). […]

Filed Under: AeroVironment, Business Moves, Contracts, Loitering Munition System, Military, Switchblade™ (AV), U.S. Army, U.S. Army Contracting Command

AV’s Switchblade 600 selected for Tranche 1 of DoD’s Replicator initiative

May 8, 2024

AeroVironment’s (AV) Switchblade 600 loitering munition system has been selected for Tranche 1 of the first iteration of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Replicator initiative. AV’s Switchblade 600 is […]

Filed Under: AeroVironment, Autonomous Capabilities, Autonomous Flight, Autonomous Maneuverability, Autonomous Systems, Department of Defense (DoD), Government, Loitering Munition System, Military, Replicator Initiative, Switchblade 600 (AV), U.S. Department of Defense, Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UASs), Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles, Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS)

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