# AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600)

Manufacturer: [AeroVironment](/companies/aerovironment)  
Category: aerial

## Media

- **Video (primary-source)**: [AeroVironment Switchblade 600 loitering munition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_3EOSH6ha0). AeroVironment's product film for the Switchblade 600 loitering munition. A man-in-the-loop, operator-initiated weapon (a 'kamikaze drone'), not an autonomous system. ITAR-controlled (USML Category VIII). _(via AeroVironment)_

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## Summary

AeroVironment's Switchblade is a family of tube-launched loitering munitions: the Switchblade 300 (anti-personnel) and Switchblade 600 (anti-armor). These are military weapon systems, not consumer products, so there is no consumer price. They are 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). As a legacy-prime loitering-munition archetype, the Switchblade is operator-launched and operator-committed to target: it is not a fully autonomous weapon, and the autonomy framing for loitering munitions is cap-flagged honestly. Recorded at production maturity on named contracts and combat fielding.

## Top line

> AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600) is internal use only (not for retail), no capability claims are on file, the model has no verified field deployments in the registry, and no incidents are on record.

## Readiness

- **Availability** (internal-only): Internal use only (not for retail).
- **Price honesty** (no-price): No price points on file for AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600).
- **Capability honesty** (no-claims): No reviewed capability claims on file for AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600).
- **Real-world use** (production): Maturity: production. No verified deployments in the registry.
- **Safety record** (no-incidents): No incidents on record. No verified deployments either.

## What it claims to do

_No reviewed capability claims on file._

## Price

_No reviewed price points on file._

## Real-world use

_No verified deployments on file for AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600)._

## Safety record

_No incidents on record. No verified deployments either, so the absence is uninformative._

## Privacy

_No privacy practices disclosed or on file for AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600)._

## Specs

- **type**: loitering munition
- **program**: US Army LMAMS / Lethal Unmanned Systems IDIQ
- **variants**: ["Switchblade 300","Switchblade 600"]

## What's under the hood

_No brain on file for AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600)._

## Frequently asked questions

### Is the AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600) actually available for purchase?

Not available to consumers. In internal use by AeroVironment.

_Source: [AeroVironment FY2025 Form 10-K (FYE Apr 30, 2025; revenue $820.6M, +14%)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001368622/000155837025008838/avav-20250430x10k.htm)._

### What does the AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600) cost?

Not announced.

### Where is the AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600) being used?

No verified field deployments on record.

### Is the AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600) safe?

No incidents on record, but with no verified field deployments either, the absence is uninformative.

### How does the AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600) handle privacy?

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600).

### Who makes the AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600)?

AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600) is made by AeroVironment, based in Arlington, Virginia, USA.

_Source: [AeroVironment FY2025 Form 10-K (FYE Apr 30, 2025; revenue $820.6M, +14%)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001368622/000155837025008838/avav-20250430x10k.htm)._

## Manufacturer

- [AeroVironment (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001368622/000155837025008838/avav-20250430x10k.htm)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001368622/000155837025008838/avav-20250430x10k.htm)

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## Sources

1. [AeroVironment awarded $64.6M US Army Switchblade 300 contract (official)](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. [AeroVironment wins nearly $1B to supply Switchblade munitions to the Army (Aug 28, 2024)](https://www.defensenews.com/land/2024/08/28/aerovironment-wins-nearly-1b-to-supply-switchblade-munitions-to-army/)
3. [Army signs $1B deal for a massive Switchblade order (2024)](https://www.twz.com/air/army-just-signed-1b-deal-for-massive-order-of-switchblade-kamikaze-drones)
4. [AeroVironment FY2025 Form 10-K (FYE Apr 30, 2025; revenue $820.6M, +14%)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001368622/000155837025008838/avav-20250430x10k.htm)
5. [AeroVironment FY2025 Q4 and full-year results ($821M record revenue) (Jun 24, 2025)](https://investor.avinc.com/node/19576/pdf)
6. [AeroVironment revenue jumps 14% in fiscal 2025](https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/aerovironment-revenue-jumps-14-fiscal-2025)
7. [AeroVironment to acquire BlueHalo (~$4.1B all-stock) (Nov 2024)](https://investor.avinc.com/news-releases/news-release-details/aerovironment-acquire-bluehalo-establishing-next-generation)
8. [AeroVironment to acquire BlueHalo in a $4.1B deal (Nov 2024)](https://spacenews.com/aerovironment-to-acquire-bluehalo-in-4-1-billion-deal/)
9. [AeroVironment and BlueHalo complete transaction (May 1, 2025)](https://www.avinc.com/resources/press-releases/view/aerovironment-and-bluehalo-complete-transaction-creating-a-global-defense-technology)
10. [AeroVironment 8-K exhibit: BlueHalo transaction completed (May 2025)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000110465925043118/tm2513632d1_ex99-1.htm)
11. [AeroVironment closes the BlueHalo acquisition for $4.1B (May 2025)](https://www.army-technology.com/news/av-bluehalo-acquisition-us/)
12. [Wahid Nawabi, AeroVironment Chairman, President and CEO (bio)](https://investor.avinc.com/board-directors/wahid-nawabi)
13. [Dr. Paul MacCready, AeroVironment founder (1971), dies (Aug 2007)](https://www.avinc.com/resources/press-releases/view/dr._paul_maccready_founder_and_former_chairman_of_aerovironment_dies)
14. [AeroVironment Q1 FY2026 10-Q (first post-BlueHalo quarter) (Sept 2025)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000155837025011973/avav-20250802x10q.htm)
15. [AeroVironment official YouTube (@AeroVironment), embedded under standard YouTube embed terms. oEmbed author_url verified 2026-06.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_3EOSH6ha0) · 2026-06-04

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