The Switchblade extends the legacy-prime leg of DEPLOY's drone cohort (alongside the MQ-9 Reaper and Bayraktar TB2) with the loitering-munition archetype, the operator-committed contrast to the new-defense FPV-strike (Neros) and autonomous (Anduril, Helsing) systems.
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It is a real program at scale: the Switchblade 300 (anti-personnel) and 600 (anti-armor) are mass-produced and supplied to the US Army under a nearly $1B IDIQ (program of record LMAMS) and sent to Ukraine.
Price
No reviewed price is on record. We do not treat unverified analyst estimates as pricing data. There is no consumer price. The Switchblade is a military loitering munition supplied to the US Army and allies, so DEPLOY records zero price points.
Availability
Internal use only
The Switchblade is a military weapon system, not a consumer product. From AeroVironment, it is mass-produced and supplied to the US Army under a nearly $1B IDIQ and sent to Ukraine; the Army program of record is LMAMS.
Real-world status
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. 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.
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Autonomy posture: as a loitering munition the Switchblade is operator-launched and operator-committed to target, not a fully autonomous weapon. The 'autonomous' framing routinely applied to loitering munitions overstates the verification posture and is cap-flagged honestly.
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There is no consumer price. The Switchblade is a military weapon system supplied to the US Army and allies, so DEPLOY records zero price points.
Legacy-prime vs new-defense strike: Switchblade, MQ-9, Archer
No⊘absence. The Switchblade is a military loitering munition supplied to the US Army and allies; there is no consumer price.
Is the Switchblade autonomous?
No🟢verified. As a loitering munition it is operator-launched and operator-committed to target; it is not a fully autonomous weapon, and 'autonomous' framing for loitering munitions is cap-flagged honestly.
What is the difference between Switchblade 300 and 600?
The Switchblade 300 is anti-personnel; the Switchblade 600 is anti-armor🟢verified. Both are tube-launched loitering munitions under the US Army LMAMS program.
Pricing and availability are tagged verified or claimed against primary sources. Manufacturer targets are reported as targets, not prices you can pay today.