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Switchblade drones included in $800 million US weapons package.

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Michael McCaul, Republican U.S. House member, and head of Foreign Affairs Committee, said the aid package will come with 100 switchblade drones. These drones use a loitering munition to strike targets by crashing into them. Each unit costs $6,000.

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