Newsroom : Uncrewed Aircraft Systems


United States Army Awards $3.4 Million Contract for AeroVironment RQ-11B Raven Systems to Supply the Spanish Ministry of Defense

August 20, 2015 (Press Releases)
• AeroVironment’s small unmanned aircraft systems support U.S. military and more than 30 allied nations... Read More

Drones Are Taking Flight For Duke Energy

August 19, 2015 (In The News)
HIGHLIGHTS: Drones could help detect damaged power lines FAA issued Duke an exemption in June to use the... Read More

Raven UAV Training Provides Invaluable Air Assets For Military, Emergency Response Applications

August 11, 2015 (In The News)
Besides military applications, these same skills Soldiers are learning today in Louisiana can later be used... Read More

Australian Defence Force Commences Training Exercises with AeroVironment’s RQ-12 Wasp AE Small Unmanned Aircraft System

June 17, 2015 (Press Releases)
• Allied forces increasingly deploying AeroVironment’s small unmanned aircraft systems • Wasp AE... Read More

California’s Commercial Drone Industry Is Taking Off

June 14, 2015 (In The News)
"We think the commercial market has a chance to be much larger," said Steven Gitlin, a spokesman for... Read More

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Enable Tactical ISR

May 28, 2015 (In The News)
The U.S. Department of Defense's fleet of unmanned aircraft systems enables tactical intelligence,... Read More

AeroVironment Seeks To Grow Switchblade Missile Business

May 08, 2015 (In The News)
The manufacturer that has supplied most of the small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) the U.S. military uses... Read More

Marines Launch Switchblade from V-22 Osprey

April 17, 2015 (In The News)
Picture this: U.S. Marines are in the middle of a helicopter raid and about to land infantrymen on the ground.... Read More

U.S. Navy Testing Switchblade From Submarines

April 13, 2015 (In The News)
The Navy will deploy its first underwater drones from Virginia-class attack submarines for the first time in... Read More