DEPLOY

Robot model

AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600)

Tube-launched loitering munitions: the Switchblade 300 (anti-personnel) and Switchblade 600 (anti-armor). Mass-produced and supplied to the US Army under a nearly $1B IDIQ and sent to Ukraine. The US Army program of record is LMAMS (Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System).

AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600) is an aerial robot built by


Machine-readable surfaces

Form factor
aerial
Maturity stage
production
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
0
ID
49756571-9fe8-4722-b223-739ea892ce73

Specs

type
loitering munition
program
US Army LMAMS / Lethal Unmanned Systems IDIQ
variants
Switchblade 300,Switchblade 600

Supply chain

No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this model’s suppliers.

Suppliers appear here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.

Sources (3)

  1. https://www.avinc.com/resources/press-releases/view/aerovironment-awarded-64.6-million-contract-by-u.s-army-for-switchblade-300-loitering-missile-systems
  2. https://www.defensenews.com/land/2024/08/28/aerovironment-wins-nearly-1b-to-supply-switchblade-munitions-to-army/
  3. https://www.twz.com/air/army-just-signed-1b-deal-for-massive-order-of-switchblade-kamikaze-drones