U.S. Marine Corps Places $3.6 Million Order for AeroVironment RQ-11B Raven Small Unmanned ... AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) announced it received a firm fixed-price order valued at $3,653,519 on March 15, 2012 from the United States Marine Corps through an exist » Read More...

U.S. Marine Corps First to Procure Four Different AeroVironment Small Unmanned Aircraft Sy... AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced that the U.S. Marine Corps is the first military service to adopt four different small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from the » Read More...

U.S. Army Places $20.4 Million Order for AeroVironment RQ-20A Puma AE Small Unmanned Aircr... AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced it received a firm fixed-price order valued at $20,430,433 from the U.S. Army for RQ-20A Puma AETM small unmanned aircraft syst » Read More...

U.S. Air Force Places $2.4 Million Order for AeroVironment Puma AE Small Unmanned Aircraft... AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) announced it received a firm fixed-price order valued at $2,431,440 on April 5, 2012 from the U.S. Air Force for Puma AE(tm) small unmanned air » Read More...

AeroVironment Unveils Modular Gimbaled Sensor Payload on RQ-11B Raven Small Unmanned Aircr... AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) today unveiled a new miniature gimbaled sensor payload on the battle-proven RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft system at the Army Aviati » Read More...

AeroVironment Receives $11.1 Million Order for RQ-11B Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft System... AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) today announced it received a new $11,095,872 cost-plus-fixed-fee sole source contract award on March 1, 2012 from the United States Army. » Read More...

AeroVironment Secures Global Distribution Rights for Sentient's Target Detection Software ... AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) and Australia-based Sentient today announced the signing of an exclusive global license agreement that allows AeroVironment to distribute Sentient's automatic target detection software for full motion video for use with small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Sentient's Kestrel Land MTI Tier I is specifically designed to enable automated detection of targets, in real time, from small UAS. Over the past 18 months Sentient and AeroVironment have optimized and int » Read More...

AeroVironment Receives $7.3 Million Order for Puma Unmanned Aircraft System Support Servic... AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) today announced that it has received a $7,298,530 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the United States Army. This contract establishes a not-to-exceed amount for digital Puma(r) A » Read More...

AeroVironment Receives $6.9 Million Order from United States Air Force for Raven Unmanned... AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) today announced that it received a $6,874,175 firm-fixed-price order from the U.S. Air Force under an existing contract with the U.S. Army. The order comprises new digital Raven(r) small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and initial spares packages. The systems and spares packages are scheduled for delivery within the » Read More...

U.S. Army Awards AeroVironment $4.9 Million Contract for Switchblade Agile Munition System... AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) announced that it received a contract on June 29 from the U.S. Army Close Combat Weapons Systems (CCWS), Program Executive Office Missiles and Space (PEO MS). The $4,907,840 contract for the Switchblade agile munition includes engineering services and operational systems for deployment with the U.S. Army. This award repre » Read More...

AeroVironment Introduces Shrike Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aircraft Sys... AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) today introduced its lightweight and man-portable Shrike VTOL(TM) unmanned aircraft system. In August 2008 AeroVironment announced the receipt of a contract from DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to develop a portable, stealthy, persistent perch and stare (SP2S) unmanned aircraft system. Shrike VTOL represents the conclusion of this development effort. "With more than four years of customer funding behind it, our new Shrike VTOL unmanned aircraft system is designed to address the need for a small, light-weight hovering aircraft that delivers unique surveillance and intelligence capability not provided by current solutions. Not only does Shrike VTOL hover fo » Read More...

AeroVironment Receives $65 Million Order for Digital Puma Unmanned Aircraft Systems at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) North America Conference - AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) today announced that it received a firm-fixed-price contract delivery order valued » Read More...

AeroVironment Receives $8.4 Million Order for Digital Raven Systems AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) today announced that it received a firm-fixed-price contract order valued at $8,373,995 under a follow-on contract with the U.S. Army. The order comprises new digital Raven(r) small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) and initial spares packages. A November 2010 article from the U.S. Department of Defense website "Armed with Science" (http://science.dodlive.mil/2010/11/09/the-little-plane-that-could » Read More...

AeroVironment Receives $11.5 Million Order for Digital Puma Systems and Training Services AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) today announced that it received a firm-fixed-price contract delivery order valued at $11,500,000 for new digital Puma(tm) All Environment (AE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), initial spares packages and training services on April 11, 2011. The items were procured under the existing United States Sp » Read More...

AeroVironment Develops World's First Fully Operational Life-Size Hummingbird-Like Unmanned... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV)(NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced it has accomplished a technical milestone never before achieved -- controlled precision hovering and fast-forward flight of a two- wing, flapping wing aircraft that carries its own energy source, and uses only the flapping wings for propulsion and control. The milestone was part of the Phase II contract awarded by the De » Read More...

AeroVironment Receives $7.8 Million Order for Raven Unmanned Aircraft System Digital Modul... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) announced that it received a firm fixed-price order valued at $7,800,003 under an existing contract with the U.S. Army on January 25, 2011. The order comprises 919 digital module up » Read More...

Global Observer, AeroVironment's Extreme Endurance Unmanned Aircraft System, Achieves Hist... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) today announced that the Global ObserverTM unmanned aircraft system has successfully completed its historic first flight powered by the aircraft's hydrogen-fueled propulsion system at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) in California. This milestone marks the beginning of high altitude, long endurance flight testing for the de » Read More...

AeroVironment Receives $46.2 Million Order for Raven Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Digital... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) announced today that it received an order valued at $46,226,984 under an existing contract with the U.S. Army. The order comprises 123 new digital Raven(r) small unmanned aircraft syste » Read More...

AeroVironment Receives $4.9 Million Order from the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisatio... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) announced it received an order valued at $4,862,674 under a contract with the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (NDLO). The order comprises new Raven(r) small unmanned aircr » Read More...

AeroVironment Receives $7.2 Million Order for Digital Puma Systems and Training Services AeroVironment, Inc. (AV)(NASDAQ:AVAV) announced today that it has received a contract delivery order valued at $7,231,440 for new digital Puma(r) All Environment (AE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and training services. » Read More...

AeroVironment's Global Observer Stratospheric Unmanned Aircraft System Completes Initial F... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) today announced that the first aircraft developed under the Global Observer(tm) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program has successfully completed initial flight testing consisting of multiple low-altitude flights at Edwards Air Force Base (EAF » Read More...

AeroVironment Receives $35.3 Million Order for Digital Puma Unmanned Aircraft Systems AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) announced today that it has received a contract delivery order valued at $35,265,662 for digital Puma(r) All Environment (AE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), spares and training se » Read More...

AeroVironment's Stratospheric Global Observer Unmanned Aircraft System Makes First Flight AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) announced that the first aircraft developed under the Global Observer(tm) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program successfully completed its first flight. On August 5 Global Observer Aircraft 1001 took off from runway 04L at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) in California and climbed to an altitude of 4,000 feet where » Read More...

AeroVironment Global Observer Unmanned Aircraft System Successfully Completes Wing Load Te... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) announced that a full size wing developed as part of the Global Observer(tm) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program has successfully completed a series of Wing Load Tests (WLT) in support of the Global Observer flight test program. The joint Department of Defense, NASA and AV team successfully performed the » Read More...

AeroVironment's Global Observer Unmanned Aircraft System Completes Key Ground Tests AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) today announced that the first aircraft developed under the Global Observer(tm) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program has successfully completed key ground tests in preparation for flight testing. The joint Department of Defense, NASA and AV team successfully performed ground vibration, structural an » Read More...

AeroVironment Hires Roy Minson as Vice President of Business Development and Deputy Genera... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) today announced that Roy Minson, formerly an executive with SAIC and The Boeing Company, has joined AeroVironment as vice president of business development and deputy general manager » Read More...

AeroVironment Receives $37.9 Million in Orders for Digital Raven Unmanned Aircraft Systems...Orders Represent Initial Portion of Raven Funding from United States Department of Defense Fiscal 2010 Budget MONROVIA, Calif., Feb. 23, 2010 --ASDWire]-- AeroVironment, I » Read More...

AeroVironment Receives $23.9 Million Order for Army and Marine Corps Digital Raven Systems... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) today announced that it received a $23,926,917 firm fixed-price order under an existing contract. This contract modification comprises digital Raven systems and kits to upgrade exis » Read More...

AeroVironment's Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft System Receives Military Aircraft Type-Class... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced that the Military Aviation Authority of the Netherlands (MLA-NLD) has issued a Military Type Certificate (MTC) for the Raven(r) B NLD MUAS, the first such certificate issued in the Netherlands in the Micro-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle category. This certi » Read More...

DARPA Awards AeroVironment Phase II Contract Extension for Nano Air Vehicle Development Pr... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) was awarded a Phase II contract extension in April from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design and build a flying prototype for the Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) program. As part of this program AV has accomplished a technical milestone never before achieved » Read More...

AeroVironment Receives Order for Third Global Observer Aircraft under Joint Capability Tec... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced that U.S. government agencies funding the Global Observer Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program have exercised an option for the assembly of a third Global Observer aircraft and additional items. There have been six contract options exercised since the program was initiated, resulting in a cumulati » Read More...

AeroVironment's Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft System Achieves 30-Hour Persistent Surveilla... The U.S. Army Product Manager for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) and AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) recently conducted a continuous 30-hour demonstration of persistent surveillance of a point target using AV's RQ-11B Raven(r) small unmanned aircraft system. The demonstration at Camp Robe » Read More...

AeroVironment Launches Production of Its New Digital Data Link with $16.8 Million Order fo... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) has received an order from the U.S. Army valued at $16,758,776 for the production of 50 new Raven(r) (RQ-11B) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) equipped with AV's Digital Data Link » Read More...

AeroVironment Awarded $41.7 Million Contract Option for Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft Syst... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced that the U.S. Army has ordered additional RQ-11B Raven(r) small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and associated services for its fiscal year 2009 requirements by th » Read More...

AeroVironment's Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft System Receives Military Aircraft Type-Class... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced that the General Directorate for Aircraft Weapon Systems (MoD - Italy) has issued a Military Aircraft Type-Classification Certificate for the Raven B unmanned aircraft system, the first such certificate issued in Italy in the Micro-Unma » Read More...

AeroVironment Receives $4.6 Million in DARPA Funding to Develop Stealthy, Persistent, Perc... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) announces the receipt of $4.6 million in funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) capable of performing "h » Read More...

AeroVironment Awarded U.S. Special Operations Command All Environment Capable Variant Smal... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has selected Puma AE as its All Environment Capable Variant (AECV) solution to the Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UA » Read More...

Netherlands Ministry of Defence Selects AeroVironment's Raven Small UAS AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced that The Netherlands Ministry of Defence, acting through its Defense Materiel Organization (DMO), has awarded AV a contract for RQ-11B (Raven) small unmanned aircr » Read More...

DARPA Awards AeroVironment Phase II Contract for Nano Air Vehicle Development AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced it has been awarded a Phase II contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design and build a flying prototype for the Nano Air Vehicle (N » Read More...

Michael Bissonette Appointed Vice President and General Manager of AeroVironment's Energy ... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft systems and efficient electric energy systems, today announced that Michael Bissonette, formerly assistant general manager of AV's Energy Technology C » Read More...

AeroVironment Puma Small UAS Achieves Record Flight of Over Nine Hours Using Fuel Cell Bat...MONROVIA, Calif., March 6, 2008 -[ASDWire]- AeroVironment (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and efficient electric energy systems, today announce » Read More...

AeroVironment Awarded $45.8 Million Contract Option for Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft Syst... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft systems and efficient electric energy systems, today announced that the U.S. Army has ordered additional RQ-11B (Raven) small unmanned aircraft syst » Read More...

United States Air Force Approves BATMAV System with AeroVironment's Wasp III Micro Air Veh...MONROVIA, Calif., Jan. 3, 2008 --[ASDWIRE]-- AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft systems and efficient electric energy systems, today announ » Read More...

United States Marine Corps Awards AeroVironment $19.3 Million BATMAV Contract for Wasp III... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft systems and efficient electric energy systems, today announced that the U.S. Marine Corps has ordered $19.3 million in BATMAV (Battlefield Air Target » Read More...

AeroVironment Awarded Contract for Development of Global Observer Stratospheric Unmanned A... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft systems and efficient electric energy systems, today announced that it has received a contract from the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for the development and military utility assessment of its Global Observer unmanned aircraft system (UAS). This » Read More...

Danish Army Chooses AeroVironment's Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft System AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft systems and efficient electric energy systems, today announced that it has received an order to supply the Danish Army Operational Command with RQ 11 B, R » Read More...

AeroVironment Receives $16.4 Million Order from U.S. Army for Raven Logistics Support AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft systems and efficient electric energy systems, today announced that the U.S. Army has ordered $16.4 million in contract logistics services (CLS) in s » Read More...

Dr. Paul MacCready, Founder and Former Chairman of AeroVironment, Dies at 81 Dr. Paul MacCready, internationally renowned innovator and entrepreneur, founder and former chairman of the board of directors of AeroVironment, Inc., passed away in his sleep on Tuesday, August 28. Dr. MacCready had rece » Read More...

Tim Conver Elected as New Chairman of the Board of AeroVironment The Board of Directors of AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft systems and efficient electric energy systems, today announced that it has unanimously elected Tim Conver as its new chairman of the board. After joining AV's Board of Directors » Read More...

U.S. Air Force Takes Delivery of BATMAV Micro Unmanned Aircraft Systems from AeroVironment... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft systems and efficient electric energy systems, today announced that the U.S. Air Force has recently taken delivery of its initial BATMAV micro unmanned aircraft syste » Read More...

Rear Admiral Daniel H. Stone Joins AeroVironment as Vice President of Its Unmanned Aircraf... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft systems and efficient electric energy systems, today announced that U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, Daniel H. Stone, has joined the company as vice president » Read More...

AeroVironment's Puma Small UAS Achieves Record Flight of Nearly Five Hours Using Fuel Cell... AeroVironment (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft systems and efficient electric energy systems, today announced that it successfully flew its Puma small unmanned aircraft for nearly five hours while it was » Read More...

AeroVironment's Pathfinder Solar Unmanned Aircraft Lands in Smithsonian Institution AeroVironment’s (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) pioneering solar-electric unmanned aircraft, Pathfinder-Plus, has become the fourth AV innovation to be acquired for the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution. » Read More...

AeroVironment's Aqua Puma Unmanned Aircraft System Completes Royal Australian Navy Sea Tri... AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft systems and efficient electric energy systems, today announced that it has successfully completed sea trials of its Aqua Puma unmanned aircraft syst » Read More...

AeroVironment Wins Its Fourth Best of What's New Award from Popular Science for WaspMONROVIA, Calif., Nov. 7, 2006 --[ASDWire.com]-- AeroVironment’s (AV) Wasp small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) today received a Best of What’s New Award f » Read More...

AeroVironment Unmanned Aircraft System Enables First High Altitude Platforms for Mobile Ro...Potential Future Role for AeroVironment’s Global Observer UAS MONROVIA, Calif., July 31, 2006 --[ASDWire.com]-- AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) and a team of military an » Read More...