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AeroVironment receives $186 million US Army delivery order for next-generation Switchblade systems
The US Army issued AeroVironment a $186 million delivery order for upgraded Switchblade 600 Block 2 and Switchblade 300 Block 20 loitering munitions. Block 2 adds enhanced optics and hardening against electronic warfare; Block 20 features an Explosively Formed Penetrator warhead for increased armor penetration.
- $186 million Army delivery order for Switchblade 600 Block 2 and 300 Block 20
- Block 2: enhanced optics, GPS jamming resistance
- Block 20: Explosively Formed Penetrator anti-armor warhead
- Reinforces Switchblade as Army's standard loitering munition