AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
AeroVironment specializes in unmanned aircraft and missile systems for defense and commercial sectors, emphasizing innovation.
AeroVironment
AeroVironment is a technology company that designs, develops, produces, and supports a portfolio of unmanned aircraft systems, loitering munition systems, uncrewed ground vehicles, and robotic systems for defense, government, and commercial customers. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the company supplies autonomous flight, sensor, communications, and software capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains. Its product lines include tactical unmanned aerial systems such as Puma and Raven, precision strike systems including the Switchblade loitering missile series, directed energy counter-drone systems, and space-related software and hardware solutions used globally by military forces and allied operators.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of AeroVironment
- Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Production and support of small uncrewed aerial vehicles, including hand-launched and vertical takeoff and landing platforms, equipped with electro-optical and infrared sensors for real-time intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations across global defense markets.
- Precision Strike Systems: Design and manufacturing of tube-launched loitering munition systems featuring integrated warheads, real-time video tracking, and precision strike capabilities designed to engage tactical targets at varied stand-off ranges for frontline military forces.
- Uncrewed Ground Vehicles & Robotics: Manufacturing of specialized ground robotic platforms and explosive ordnance disposal systems designed to assist armed forces and emergency responders in hazardous environments, bomb disposal operations, and heavy-duty tactical engineering tasks worldwide.
- Counter-Unmanned Systems & Directed Energy: Engineering and delivery of radio-frequency detection platforms and directed energy systems engineered to detect, track, identify, and neutralize unauthorized or hostile uncrewed aerial threats protecting forward operating bases and critical infrastructure.
- Advanced Autonomy & Software Solutions: Development of artificial intelligence software, command-and-control software suites, multi-domain mesh network software, and autonomous decision-support algorithms integrated into multi-domain defense platforms for unified operational management and sensor data processing.
- Advanced Development & Space Systems: Research and development services covering custom robotics, space systems hardware, laser communications, attitude control systems, and high-altitude pseudo-satellite technology for government agencies, space programs, and specialized defense application research.
AeroVironment executive team
- Mr. Wahid NawabiChairman of the Board, President & CEO
- Mr. Kevin Patrick McDonnellExecutive VP & Chief Financial Officer
- Ms. Melissa Ann Brown J.D.Executive VP, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary
- Mr. Trace E. StevensonPresident of Autonomous Systems
- Mr. Brad TruesdellExecutive VP & Chief Operations Officer
- Mr. Brian Charles Shackley CPAVP & Chief Accounting Officer
- Mr. Scott BowmanCTO & Senior VP of Global Engineering
- Mr. Aniket MajumderChief Information Officer
- Denise PacioniDirector of Investor Relations
- Mr. Jonah Teeter-BalinSenior Director of Corporate Development & Investor Relations