Newsroom : Uncrewed Aircraft Systems



U.S. Army Awards AeroVironment $4.9 Million Contract for Switchblade Agile Munition Systems and Services

September 01, 2011 (Press Releases)

• New, flexible capability for rapid response, high-precision low collateral damage strike is the result...

Read More

AeroVironment Receives $65 Million Order for Digital Puma Unmanned Aircraft Systems

August 16, 2011 (Press Releases)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2011, at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) North America...

Read More

The Economist: Joining The Drones Club

August 15, 2011 (In The News)

THE future of air power is likely to be unmanned. It may also be surprisingly small. Reapers and Predators...

Read More

Coming Soon: Hummingbird-sized Drone

July 15, 2011 (In The News)

AV's Nano Hummingbird UAS featured on Fox News.

Read More

Scientists Use AV’s Puma AE UAS to Study Stellar Sea Lions in Alaska

July 07, 2011 (In The News)

Between June 14-15, researchers from the Poker Flat Research Range tested the AeroVironment Puma AE, an...

Read More

Time Magazine: Gears Of War: Inside America’s Incredible Military Arsenal

June 28, 2011 (In The News)

From high-tech stealth bombers, to the latest night-vision rifles and assault helicopters, the U.S. armed...

Read More

Army Surging Hundreds of Small UAV’s to Afghanistan

June 24, 2011 (In The News)

Even as President Obama draws up plans to start bringing some combat troops home form Afghanistan next month,...

Read More

American Micro-Drones As Small As A Humming Bird

June 20, 2011 (In The News)

American military engineers are developing a new generation of aerial micro-drones, shrinking the unmanned...

Read More

Black Sea Rotational Force 11 Brings the Raven to Romania

June 06, 2011 (In The News)

BUZAU, Romania - Recently, U.S. Marines and soldiers with Black Sea Rotational Force 11 travelled to Buzau,...

Read More