The U.S. Army’s 1st Cavalry Division recently conducted a live-fire exercise with AeroVironment’s Switchblade 600 — a next-generation kamikaze drone that doesn’t just explode, it thinks before it ...

It's been more than 20 years now since the American military started flying something called the MQ-9A Reaper drone. Over 300 of them are currently operating the skies of the world, conducting ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and AeroVironment (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV) collaborated on the air launch of a Switchblade 600 loitering munition (LM) from a GA-ASI Block 5 MQ-9A ...

Credit: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. AeroVironment says the company's Switchblade 600 loitering munition system has completed the first launch from a General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper uncrewed ...

AeroVironment (AV) has successfully completed the first air-launch of its Switchblade 600 loitering munition system (LMS) from an MQ-9A Reaper uncrewed aircraft system (UAS). AV partnered with General ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and AeroVironment have demonstrated the ability of a Switchblade 600 loitering munition to deploy from an MQ-9A Reaper unmanned air vehicle. The work took ...

A venerable unmanned aerial system (UAS) now has a potent new arrow in its quiver thanks to testing at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG). YPG testers recently evaluated the integration of the ...

The majority of EDC and pocket-knife enthusiasts want smooth and snappy action from their go-to knives, and arguably, the quickest action you’ll get is from a switchblade. They’re the knives that open ...

Release of Smaller Loitering Munition Further Validates Large UAS as Motherships SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / September 10, 2025 / General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and ...