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AeroVironment Says U.S. Army Has Lifted Bid Protest Stop Worker Order for Switchblade

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Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 225th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the 25th Infantry Division patrol Brigade Support Area 1 on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, on Nov. 3, 2022 (U.S. Army Photo)

Arlington, Va.-based AeroVironment [AVAV] said on Monday that the U.S. Army has lifted a stop work order for the company's Switchblade kamikaze drones under an up to $990 million, five-year contract awarded to the company in August. Maryland-based Mistral Inc. filed a protest on Sept. 6 with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the Army award to AeroVironment for the Switchblade drones, which Ukraine has used in its efforts to repel Russia. AeroVironment has said that it planned to deliver…

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