Deployment
AeroVironment Puma at Monrovia
Hand-launched small unmanned aircraft system (Puma AE / Puma 3 AE / Puma LE) for ISR, long-fielded with the US military and allies. A named retrofit target for the AVACORE autonomy architecture and ARK edge-compute kit.
AeroVironment Puma by AeroVironment · Operated by AeroVironment · Catalog entry · 2 sources · 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
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /deployments/aerovironment-puma-military.md
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- REST API: /v1/robots/17163295-7694-4d09-93f0-410952705f3a
- Data documentation: /data
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Footage
AeroVironment's film for the Puma LE hand-launched ISR UAS. A remotely-piloted reconnaissance aircraft, not autonomous; 'LE' denotes the long-endurance variant.
AeroVironment Puma AE small UAS deployed with US Navy, Marine Corps, and allied forces. Shipboard and land-based ISR. Aggregate defense deployment.
Key facts
- Fleet
- AeroVironment Puma AE small UAS
- Operator
- US Navy, Marine Corps, and allied forces
- Use Case
- Shipboard and land-based ISR
- Status
- Aggregate defense deployment
Safety record
No incidents on record for AeroVironment Puma 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 · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-06-28
- Model
- AeroVironment Puma
- Company
- AeroVironment
- Location
- United States/California/Monrovia
- Operator
- AeroVironment
- Status
- operational
- Operator type
- maker operated
- ID
17163295-7694-4d09-93f0-410952705f3a
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 Puma operates in Monrovia. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (2)
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-28
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for AeroVironment Puma at Monrovia.Common questions
- What is the AeroVironment Puma deployment at Monrovia?
- AeroVironment Puma, built by AeroVironment, is recorded as a deployment at Monrovia on the DEPLOY registry. AeroVironment operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates AeroVironment Puma at Monrovia?
- AeroVironment, the manufacturer of AeroVironment Puma, 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 Puma 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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