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AeroVironment Switchblade 300
Also known as: Switchblade · Switchblade 300 Block 20
Manufacturer: AeroVironment, Inc.
Tube-launched man-portable loitering munition originally fielded by US SOCOM. Used against personnel and soft-skin targets.
SPECIFICATIONS
Category
loitering-munition
In service since
2011
Weight
2.5 kg
Payload
0.4 kg
Range
10 km
Endurance
15 min
Speed
160 km/h
Control
RF
EW resistance
medium
Autonomy
operator-on-loop
Unit cost (USD)
$6,000 – $100,000
KNOWN OPERATORS
NOTABLE USE CASES
Fielded by Ukrainian forces from spring 2022 in multiple Presidential Drawdown packages; US use in Afghanistan and Iraq pre-2021.
RECENT EVENTS
deployment2026-07-20Anduril unveils Thunder autonomous hybrid-electric tiltrotor combat drone concept at Farnborough Airshow🇬🇧doctrine-change2026-06-26SOCOM issues RFI for air-launched long-range loitering munition🇺🇸
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Data confidence: 95 / 100. Catalog is in active development.