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AV receives $186 Million U.S. Army order for Switchblade loitering munitions

AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) has received a $186 million delivery order from the U.S. Army for its Switchblade 600 Block 2 and Switchblade 300 Block 20 loitering munition systems, the company announced on 26 February.

The order was placed under the Army’s existing five-year, $990 million Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract for Lethal Unmanned Systems (LUS), which was awarded in August 2024. The award represents the U.S. Army’s first procurement of AeroVironment’s next-generation Switchblade systems and its first Switchblade order to include an explosively formed penetrator payload.

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