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ASU Salvages Old Building for New School of Sustanability

January 06, 2009 (AV in the News)

The renovation was led by the design team of Lord, Aeck & Sargent and Gould Evans Associates; they're anticipating LEED Silver certification and did it all with a $6 M budget. Now complete, it will be used for Arizona State University's Global Institute of Sustainability and a newly formed School of Sustainability. In terms of performance, the Institute is anticipated to save 18.7% on energy and 50.3% on water use compared with its baseline usage -- plus, it's been outfitted with six, hard-to-miss, state-of-the-art AeroVironment parapet turbines. View More

AeroVironment's Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft System Receives Military Aircraft Type-Classification Certificate from the Italian Ministry of Defense

December 15, 2008 (Press Releases)

MONROVIA, Calif., Dec. 15, 2008 - AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced that the General Directorate for Aircraft Weapon Systems (MoD - Italy) has issued a Military Aircraft Type-Classification Certificate for the Raven B unmanned aircraft system, the first such certificate issued in Italy in the Micro-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle category. This certificate permits Italian military personnel to fly Raven in Italy's national airspace. View More

AeroVironment Has Been Named A “Homeland Security Rising 10”

November 30, 2008 (AV in the News)

As the year draws to a close, it's time to revisit the 10 companies that HSToday named as up-and-comers in April. Although they did not make the list of the top 25 contractors with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), they were selected for their dynamism. View More

AeroVironment Featured on Mad Money with Host Jim Cramer

October 28, 2008 (AV in the News)

AVAV: Flying High Insight on AeroVironment, with Mad Money host Jim Cramer. View More

A Monrovia Firm’s Tiny Planes Have Growing Clout

September 10, 2008 (AV in the News)

AeroVironment Inc.'s Unmanned Spy Craft Become Vital Reconnaissance Tools on the Battlefield Standing amid a grove of pepper plants in Thousand Oaks last week, Christopher Thompson revved up his plane's tiny 6-inch propeller and then gently tossed it into the sky, much as weekend hobbyists fly their airborne toys. But this mini-aircraft called the Raven, weighing little over 4 pounds and painted in Army gray, is no ordinary model. It is actually a tiny U.S. military spy plane that can hover quietly 500 feet in the air and transmit video images to operators several miles away. These Simi Valley-made planes are providing vital information to ground combat soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan who want to know what's happening over the ridge and around the bend. View More

Assessing the Value of Small Wind Turbines

September 04, 2008 (AV in the News)

Fascination with wind turbines small enough to mount on a roof is spreading from coast to coast. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York last month proposed dotting the city with them. Small turbines have already appeared at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, atop an office building at Logan International Airport in Boston, and even on a utility pole in the small New Hampshire town of Hampton. View More

AeroVironment Receives $4.6 Million in DARPA Funding to Develop Stealthy, Persistent, Perch and Stare UAS Based on Wasp

August 20, 2008 (Press Releases)

MONROVIA, Calif., August 20, 2008 -- AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) announces the receipt of $4.6 million in funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) capable of performing "hover/perch and stare" missions. The Stealthy, Persistent, Perch and Stare (SP2S) UAS is based on AV's small Wasp UAS, a one-pound, 29-inch wingspan battery-powered air vehicle that is being procured and deployed by both the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Marine Corps. View More

AeroVironment Awarded U.S. Special Operations Command All Environment Capable Variant Small UAS Contract

July 02, 2008 (Press Releases)

MONROVIA, Calif., July 2, 2008 - AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ; AVAV) today announced the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has selected Puma AE as its All Environment Capable Variant (AECV) solution to the Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) requirement. The one-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, with four one-year options, has a maximum value of $200,000,000, and provides for the purchase of aircraft, ground control systems, spares, repairs and training under a combination firm fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost reimbursable arrangement. The initial delivery order is valued at $6 million and is fully funded. View More

In Search of Sustainability

July 01, 2008 (AV in the News)

Seeking to reduce energy costs and to protect the environment, companies are exploring 'green" manufacturing practices and sustainable/renewable packaging applications. View More

Netherlands Ministry of Defence Selects AeroVironment's Raven Small UAS

May 30, 2008 (Press Releases)

MONROVIA, Calif., May 30, 2008 -- AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced that The Netherlands Ministry of Defence, acting through its Defense Materiel Organization (DMO), has awarded AV a contract for RQ-11B (Raven) small unmanned aircraft systems. The order includes new aircraft systems as well as training, logistics support, and airworthiness certification. Each Raven system typically consists of three aircraft, a ground control station, a remote video terminal, system spares, and related services. The total award value is $7.7 million and is fully funded. View More

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