Role & capabilities
- Loitering munition
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Loitering munition
- Developer / manufacturer
- AeroVironment
- Origin / production countries
- United States
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Block 20; Earlier Switchblade 300 configurations differ
- Operators / programme customers
- Not confirmed in the reviewed public sources
Evidence & current status
The sources below establish the stated programme milestone or supplier claim. They do not independently verify every configuration, delivery total or advertised performance figure.
Role and programme
The present manufacturer table separates munition weight from the heavier all-up round and identifies an extended-antenna condition for the quoted range. This profile records those definitions rather than treating all weights and distances as directly comparable.
The current Block 20 includes EO/IR observation and modular payload options. Earlier Switchblade 300 endurance figures are not the baseline used here. The supplier’s description of operational use does not independently establish delivery totals, effectiveness or the configuration of every exported aircraft.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Expendable fixed-wing loitering munition | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source ↗ |
| Launch / recovery | Tube launch; no routine recovery | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source ↗ |
| Propulsion | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Mass | 1.68 kg munition; 3.27 kg all-up round | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | 20+ min | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source ↗ |
| Range | 30 km with extended-range antenna | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source ↗ |
| Speed | 101 km/h loiter; 161 km/h sprint | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source ↗ |
| Altitude | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Payload | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | EO/IR | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source ↗ |
| Communications / navigation | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
Publication history
- — Added a sourced global catalogue profile with configuration-specific data and explicit evidence limits.
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Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.
- AeroVironment Switchblade 300 Block 20 specification (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme source