AeroVironment has been awarded a $55.3 million contract to deliver its Switchblade loitering munitions to the U.S. Army as part of the Directed Requirement for Lethal Unmanned Systems (LUS) initiative ...

The Ukrainian Defense Forces hit a Russian UAV crew with a US Switchblade 600 kamikaze drone. The press service of the 14th Separate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regiment published the video on Telegram.

part of the newly-formed Unmanned Systems Forces branch of Kyiv's military, posted footage on Monday it said showed a Switchblade-600 explosive drone targeting and hitting a Russian Tor air ...

Russian social media channels are showing images of one of many Aerovironment (AV) strike UAV "Switchblade-600" downed in Ukraine. Several "Switchblade-600s" were successfully intercepted during the ...

The contract, valued at up to $990 million, covers a five-year period and involves supplying Lethal Unmanned Systems (LUS) to enhance operational effectiveness. The Switchblade kamikaze drones that ...

Summary and Key Points: Switchblade drones ... to purchase these drones highlights the growing reliance on unmanned systems. -As technology advances, such drones, alongside AI and quantum ...

The combat-proven Switchblade systems will enhance soldiers’ capabilities with precision flight control and greater lethality against fortified targets such as armored vehicles and tanks.

A Switchblade 300 Block 20 loitering munition ... Aerovironment won a previous contract to fulfill the Army’s loitering unmanned systems directed requirement in December and is delivering ...

Image via AeroVironment The Switchblade 300, produced by the American unmanned aircraft systems manufacturer AeroVironment, is a precision loitering munition designed to crash into its target and ...

The Army will buy at least 1,000 Switchblade 600s, which can strike tanks or other armored targets, as part of the first round of Replicator. (Stephen Losey/Staff) The U.S. Army will field more than 1 ...

but by February 2023 the Defense Department said it had provided “over 700 Switchblade Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems,” it noted in a fact sheet at the time. Loitering drones, like the ...

Social media is abuzz with a rare new footage showing Ukrainian forces using U.S.-made AeroVironment Switchblade loitering munitions to strike Russian targets. In the video, a Ukrainian drone operator ...