Newsroom : Uncrewed Aircraft Systems



60 Minutes: NASA Begins Search for Ancient Life on Mars After Arrival of Perseverance, Ingenuity Spacecrafts

May 09, 2021 (In The News)

We first told you about the tiny helicopter Ingenuity and the one-ton rover Perseverance nearly a year ago...

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Inside Ingenuity with AeroVironment Part II: Challenges Overcome

May 05, 2021 (In The News)

As of Friday, April 30 (local time), the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter had completed its fourth successful flight,...

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National Geographic - NASA Mars helicopter makes history as first vehicle to fly on another planet

April 19, 2021 (In The News)

A small helicopter opened a new chapter of space exploration this morning when it lifted off the surface of...

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WSJ – How NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Was Developed Here on Earth

April 09, 2021 (In The News)

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which was carried to Mars by the Perseverance rover, is set for the first ever...

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US Navy plans to buy 120 submarine-launched Blackwing UAVs

March 10, 2021 (In The News)

The US Navy (USN) plans to acquire up to 120 AeroVironment Blackwing unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) for its...

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Defence & Security: Rapidly Deployable UAV Situational Awareness for International Defence Forces with combined lethality

November 24, 2020 (In The News)

We recently saw the announcement of the Switchblade 600 by AeroVironment, one of the global leaders in...

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HAPSMobile’s Stratospheric Test Flight Opens A New Chapter for the Internet

October 22, 2020 (In The News)

HAPSMobile Inc., a SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) subsidiary launched in 2017 with the mission of bridging the...

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HAPSMobile Successfully Completes Latest Test Flight of its Unmanned Aircraft Designed for Stratospheric Telecommunications Platform Systems

July 29, 2020 (In The News)

HAPSMobile Inc. (“HAPSMobile”), a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) and minority-owned by...

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KNBC Los Angeles Channel 4 News Aired a Special Segment on the Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity.

July 28, 2020 (In The News)

Listen to Matt Keennon, MacCready Works Senior R&D Engineer and AeroVironment Technical Lead on the Mars...

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