# AeroVironment Switchblade: Price, Availability & Status (2026)

AeroVironment's Switchblade (300/600) is a family of tube-launched loitering munitions, operator-committed (not fully autonomous). Military system, no consumer price.

## Price

_No verified price on record._

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

_Status: internal-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.

## 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.

## Compare

| Model | Pricing | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [GA MQ-9 Reaper](/price/ga-mq-9-reaper) | No consumer price | absence (Legacy-prime (remotely-piloted)) |
| [Bayraktar TB2](/price/baykar-bayraktar-tb2) | No consumer price | absence (Legacy-prime (remotely-piloted)) |
| [Neros Archer](/price/neros-archer) | No consumer price | absence (New-defense (FPV strike, piloted)) |
| [Anduril Ghost-X](/price/anduril-ghost) | No consumer price | absence (New-defense (autonomous, Lattice)) |

## Common questions

### Can I buy a Switchblade?

No. The Switchblade is a military loitering munition supplied to the US Army and allies; there is no consumer price.

### Is the Switchblade autonomous?

No. 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.

## How DEPLOY verified this

- [How DEPLOY tracks pricing](https://news.deploy.report/methodology/how-we-track-pricing)
- [How DEPLOY verifies deployment status](https://news.deploy.report/methodology/how-we-verify-deployment-status)

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- [Deploy News: What is an autonomous drone?](https://news.deploy.report/explainers/what-is-an-autonomous-drone)
- [Deploy News: What is physical AI?](https://news.deploy.report/explainers/what-is-physical-ai)

## On the registry

- [Model record](https://registry.deploy.report/models/aerovironment-switchblade.md)
- [Manufacturer](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/aerovironment.md)

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