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AeroVironment Receives $288 Million Order To Deliver Army More Switchblades

AeroVironment Receives $288 Million Order To Deliver Army More Switchblades
Switchblade 600 loitering munition. (Photo: AeroVironment)

The Army has placed a $288 million order with AeroVironment [AVAV] covering deliveries of additional Switchblade loitering munitions, the company has said. AeroVironment (AV) noted this is now the third delivery order it’s received under the five-year, potentially $990 million contract the Army originally awarded the company last August. “AV is honored to continue fulfilling this important contract providing the U.S. Army with exceptional and reliable loitering munition solutions,” Brett Hush, AeroVironment’s senior vice president and general manager of loitering…

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