AeroVironment Launches New Multifunctional Drone Variant

AeroVironment launches new multifunctional drone variant

AeroVironment is debuting a new drone with the capacity to carry out reconnaissance, electronic warfare and strike missions, building on a lethal loitering system that is already being fielded by the Army, according to a Wednesday announcement. The defense technology firm introduced the system, known as MAYHEM 10, which expands upon its Switchblade family. The Army in February announced a $186 million purchase that includes two variants of Switc…

AeroVironment launches new Mayhem drone product line

AeroVironment on Wednesday unveiled Mayhem 10, the first in a new product line of unmanned aerial systems that the company plans to market to the Army and other potential customers. Best known for its Switchblade family of kamikaze drones or loitering munitions, AeroVironment describes its new platform as an “autonomous, multi-role launched effects system” with payload flexibility that allows it to perform precision strike, intelligence surveill…

AeroVironment introduces new line of launched effects modeled after Switchblade

The first product in the MAYHEM line is dubbed MAYHEM 10, a launched effect system with a 10lb payload.

AV Introduces MAYHEM 10: Multi-Role Launched Effects System at AAAA 2026

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AV Introduces MAYHEM 10 Multi-Role Launched Effects System

AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced the debut of MAYHEM 10, a groundbreaking, multi-role launched effects system purpose-built for deployment from air, ground, and maritime platforms. MAYHEM 10 is an autonomous, multi-role launched effects system that delivers significant operational versatility with a modular payload that supports interchangeable lethal and non-lethal effects—including intelligence surveillance and reconnai