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AeroVironment Receives $16.5 Million of Funding from U.S. Army for RQ-11B Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems with Miniature Gimbaled Payload

September 05, 2012 (Press Releases)
• Total projected value of contract action is $65.9 million; $32.3 million in funding for orders... Read More

Afghanistan is the Proving Ground for UAS Capability

August 28, 2012 (In The News)
No doubt about it, unmanned systems are proving effective in Afghanistan, said Peter Singer of the... Read More

Raven UAV - The Spanish Army’s All Seeing Eyes in Afghanistan

August 21, 2012 (In The News)
Los militares de la 12 companía de la Brigada Paracaidista se despiertan tras haber dormido al raso... Read More

MTSU Strengthens Its Robotic Partnership

August 19, 2012 (Industry News)
In collaboration with the military, Middle Tennessee State University will investigate the means to... Read More

Drones Aimed At Fighting Future Wars

August 13, 2012 (In The News)
Imagine swarms of drone aircraft fighting the wars of the future.One big remotely piloted "bird"... Read More

LA Times: Drones Tested As Tools For Police And Firefighters

August 05, 2012 (In The News)
WASHINGTON -- On a chaparral-covered hillside 40 miles north of Los Angeles in June 2010,... Read More

Drones: From War Weapons To Homemade Toy

August 02, 2012 (In The News)
Drones transformed the battlefield in Iraq and Afghanistan. But their use has been extremely limited... Read More

CNBC’s Mad Money: The Business of Making Drones

July 13, 2012 (In The News)
Jim Cramer on CNBC's 'Mad Money' wanted to hear more about AeroVironment's UAS, so he welcomed CEO... Read More

Unmanned Aircraft System Operators Save Lives in Combat

June 18, 2012 (In The News)
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 18, 2012) -- Sgt. Christopher Harris was conducting a routine... Read More