About Us - AeroVironment

AV delivers integrated defense technology solutions that are innovative, ensure mission outcomes, and create strategic advantage across every domain of modern warfare. We execute with urgency, engineer with precision, and affordably scale with high reliability—bringing together the talent, infrastructure, and technology needed to meet today’s missions and shape what comes next.

Core Values

Values that Support the Mission

People-first culture

We demonstrate integrity and ethical conduct in all our actions. We listen attentively, speak candidly and treat others respectfully. We work together as a team to win.

Results + ownership

We act in the interest of all our stakeholders, beyond that of ourselves and our teams. We take ownership and are accountable for our outcomes.

Innovate + simplify

We are originators: curious and relentless in the pursuit of new, innovative solutions and improvements. We look for new ideas everywhere and are committed to ensuring that the best ideas win.

Dedication to customers

We strive to earn and keep our customers’ trust. We make a positive difference in our customers’ lives by understanding, anticipating and responding with agility to their needs.

Evolve to dominate

We don’t copy or compete; we set the standard by continuously adapting to emerging threats, ensuring warfighters always have the upper hand.

Engineering Tomorrow’s Intelligent Systems

At AV, we build shoulder-to-shoulder with our customers — working side-by-side to develop innovative systems that deliver decisive advantage in the fast-evolving battlefield. We scale what works, refine what doesn’t, and always keep improving. MacCready Works have long been AV’s dedicated innovation engine. It’s where software, autonomy, sensors, and platform technologies converge to shape the future of defense. From rapid prototypes to fielded systems, this is where breakthrough ideas become battlefield advantage.

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Corporate Responsibility

Transparency, Accountability, and Sustainability

We believe that leadership in defense technology demands principle as well as performance. We hire deliberately to build a workforce defined by capability, integrity, and commitment. We operate with discipline, upholding the highest standards of transparency, compliance, and ethical governance. And we build responsibly, prioritizing sustainability and the long-term health of the planet we all share.

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The AV Team