AeroVironment has secured a $45 million contract to sell the Switchblade 300 kamikaze drone to the U.S. Army and an allied nation.
U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, launch a lethal miniature aerial missile system during an exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 2, 2020. During the exercise, 1st ANGLICO’s mission was to launch, locate, track, lock and engage a simulated enemy target with an unmanned aerial system. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Forti)
Delivery will take place over a two-year period.
It was reported that Britain was cleared to buy the Switchblade.
