AeroVironment Inc. Company Profile
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AeroVironment at a glance
AeroVironment Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) is a Aerospace company in the Industrials sector headquartered in Arlington, VA. AeroVironment is led by Mr. Wahid Nawabi and employs about 3,991 people. The company's shares have traded publicly since 2007.
At a market capitalization of $7.06 billion, it is considered a mid-cap company. Its SEC Central Index Key (CIK) is 0001368622, which identifies the company's filings on EDGAR.
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What does AeroVironment do?
AeroVironment, Inc., a defense technology provider, designs, develops, produces, delivers, and supports a portfolio of robotic systems and related services for government agencies and businesses in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Autonomous Systems; and Space, Cyber and Directed Energy. The company provides uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), which include small and medium UAS, and kinesis command and control software; and counter-UAS and precision strike, a loitering munitions solution that deliver actionable intelligence and precision firepower modern warfighters, including precision strike, radio frequency and kinetic C-UAS, and electronic warfare systems. It also offers autonomy, AI, and platform technologies; unmanned maritime; and uncrewed ground systems. The company provides digital beamforming technology, a multi-band/beam software defined antenna tile that allows simultaneous communication with multiple satellites; laser communications, a data transmission systems for space operations; space-qualified hardware for line of sight stabilization and control electronics in low, medium, and geostationary earth orbit, as well as cislunar orbits; phased array antenna technology to supports hypersonic telemetry and tracking, and other missile testing; and directed energy solution. It also offers cyber solutions for national security and defense operations. AeroVironment, Inc. was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
Business description based on the company's public filings.
Company information
- Legal name
- AeroVironment Inc.
- Ticker
- NASDAQ: AVAV
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Aerospace
- CEO
- Mr. Wahid Nawabi
- Employees
- 3,991
- Headquarters
- 241 18th Street South, Arlington, VA, United States
- Phone
- 703 418 2828
- Website
- avinc.com
- IPO year
- 2007
- Market cap
- $7.06B
- SEC CIK
- 0001368622
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Jun 29, 2026
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