Tank-Busting Switchblade Drone Closer to Joining Aid to Ukraine
- Pentagon is negotiating with AeroVironment for its new model
- Heavier Switchblade 600 is designed to fly farther, hit harder
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The Defense Department is negotiating with AeroVironment Inc. to buy 10 of a new armor-piercing model of its Switchblade dive-bombing drone.
“The department is actively working to establish a contract to procure 10 Switchblade 600’s,” Pentagon spokeswoman Jessica Maxwell said in a statement Wednesday. “The delivery date of these will be defined upon contract award.”