U.S. Army awards AeroVironment $4.9m contract for Switchblade Posted on September 2, 2011September 2, 2011 by alert5 AeroVironment has been awarded $4.9 million for the Switchblade agile munition which includes engineering services and operational systems for deployment with the U.S. Army. Credit: AeroVironment Related posts (Automatically Generated): Raytheon Awarded $42 Million Contract for U.S. Air Force HH-60G FLIRs AeroVironment Receives $46.2 Million Order for Raven UAS and Digital Retrofit Kits ITT to test Thunder Radar Targeting Pod on F-16 NAVAIR awards Insitu STUAS/Tier II contract U.S. Air Force Awards Raytheon $12.6 Million Helmet Mounted Integrated Targeting Contract MD Helicopters gets U.S. Army RWPTA contract