# AeroVironment: company

Canonical ID: `a1306b4f-26b1-459a-84ec-d1ba6ee8f822`

## Key facts

- **Public:** NASDAQ: AVAV
- **Revenue:** ~$820.6M in FY2025 (standalone); FY2026 guidance ~$1.9-2.0B reflects the post-BlueHalo combined company
- **Acquisition:** Acquired BlueHalo (~$4.1B all-stock; closed May 1, 2025; AV 60.5% / BlueHalo 39.5%)
- **Founded:** 1971 by Paul MacCready; CEO Wahid Nawabi
- **Software:** AVACORE open autonomy software architecture (behavior-tree based, cross-platform)

- **Slug:** aerovironment
- **Status:** public
- **Founded:** 1971
- **HQ:** Arlington, Virginia, USA

## Models

- [AeroVironment Puma](/models/aerovironment-puma.md) (aerial) (id: `b0a7b33c-ff05-4aa4-8916-d3fa5efe8b54`)
- [AeroVironment P550](/models/aerovironment-p550.md) (aerial) (id: `85ebb1f8-7e8b-4568-b455-66e452d75d26`)
- [AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600)](/models/aerovironment-switchblade.md) (aerial) (id: `49756571-9fe8-4722-b223-739ea892ce73`)

## Supplies to

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## Sources (12)

1. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001368622/000155837025008838/avav-20250430x10k.htm
2. https://investor.avinc.com/node/19576/pdf
3. https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/aerovironment-revenue-jumps-14-fiscal-2025
4. https://investor.avinc.com/news-releases/news-release-details/aerovironment-acquire-bluehalo-establishing-next-generation
5. https://spacenews.com/aerovironment-to-acquire-bluehalo-in-4-1-billion-deal/
6. https://www.avinc.com/resources/press-releases/view/aerovironment-and-bluehalo-complete-transaction-creating-a-global-defense-technology
7. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000110465925043118/tm2513632d1_ex99-1.htm
8. https://www.army-technology.com/news/av-bluehalo-acquisition-us/
9. https://investor.avinc.com/board-directors/wahid-nawabi
10. https://www.avinc.com/resources/press-releases/view/dr._paul_maccready_founder_and_former_chairman_of_aerovironment_dies
11. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000155837025011973/avav-20250802x10q.htm
12. https://www.defensenews.com/land/2024/08/28/aerovironment-wins-nearly-1b-to-supply-switchblade-munitions-to-army/

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