Deployment
AeroVironment P550 at Monrovia
Group 2 eVTOL unmanned aircraft system with about five hours endurance, delivered to the US Army under the Long Range Reconnaissance (LRR) program; a $117M Army production deal followed in 2026.
AeroVironment P550 by AeroVironment · Operated by AeroVironment · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Drones
Recent coverage
- Pentagon awards 500M contract for counter-drone tech to AeroVironmentAgentRecon · 2026-07-02
- Army Awards AeroVironment 500M Counter-Drone ContractAgentRecon · 2026-07-02
- New Pentagon unmanned czar will oversee most drone programsAgentRecon · 2026-07-01
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- Data documentation: /data
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Footage
AeroVironment's film for the P550 Group 2 eVTOL UAS (a Puma successor). AeroVironment markets the P550 as autonomous; treat autonomy as a maker claim.
AeroVironment P550 VTOL drone deployed with US military and allied forces. ISR and tactical operations. Aggregate defense deployment.
Key facts
- Fleet
- AeroVironment P550 VTOL drone
- Operator
- US military and allied forces
- Use Case
- ISR and tactical operations
- Status
- Aggregate defense deployment
Safety record
No incidents on record for AeroVironment P550 at Monrovia.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-06-28
- Model
- AeroVironment P550
- Company
- AeroVironment
- Location
- United States/California/Monrovia
- Operator
- AeroVironment
- Status
- operational
- Operator type
- maker operated
- ID
dda85e97-d776-428d-aebd-e77f564c7c18
Timeline
- Jun 2026created
- Jun 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
On the deployment map
AeroVironment P550 operates in Monrovia. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-28
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for AeroVironment P550 at Monrovia.Common questions
- What is the AeroVironment P550 deployment at Monrovia?
- AeroVironment P550, built by AeroVironment, is recorded as a deployment at Monrovia on the DEPLOY registry. AeroVironment operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates AeroVironment P550 at Monrovia?
- AeroVironment, the manufacturer of AeroVironment P550, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- Have there been incidents at the AeroVironment P550 deployment at Monrovia?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
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