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New Satellite Co. Seeks to Address U.S. Military's Unmet Demand for Communications & Data Relay Capacity

July 02, 2009 (Industry News)
A clutch of former Pentagon brass is helping to start a company that offers a new service:... Read More

DARPA Awards AeroVironment Phase II Contract Extension for Nano Air Vehicle Development Program

July 01, 2009 (Press Releases)
AV Achieves Technical Milestone: Controlled Hovering Flight of NAV UAS with Two Flapping Wings... Read More

How To Build a Spy Bat - AeroVironment Featured on Forbes.com

June 27, 2009 (In The News)
Researchers are studying creatures that fly through the night in hopes of making tiny flying... Read More

Forbes Magazine Profiles AeroVironment

June 26, 2009 (In The News)
A maker of tiny spy drones used in Iraq and Afghanistan is trying to add lethal firepower and... Read More

Inside the Pentagon's New Plans for Lethal Drones

June 18, 2009 (Industry News)
Esquire.com gets an advanced look at the Air Force roadmap to better robots - flying multi-missile... Read More

UAS Market Challenges Traditional Aerospace

June 15, 2009 (Industry News)
With armed forces taking unmanned aircraft more seriously, is the aerospace industrial base ready to... Read More

AeroVironment Receives Order for Third Global Observer Aircraft under JCTD Program

June 03, 2009 (Press Releases)
Option Exercise for Aircraft and Additional Items Builds on Successful Program Milestones, Resulting... Read More

New Model Army?

May 28, 2009 (In The News)
U.S. Marines On Operations In Remote Southwest Afghanistan...BAQWA, AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 21: U.S.... Read More

Gates says Next-Generation Bomber Might Fly Without Pilot

May 27, 2009 (Industry News)
Defense Secretary Robert Gates told lawmakers Thursday he is considering making the Air Force's... Read More