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AeroVironment is a defense technology company founded in 1971 by aerospace engineer Dr. Paul B. MacCready Jr. that designs and manufactures unmanned aircraft systems, loitering munition systems, and counter-UAS solutions. The company is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with manufacturing and engineering operations spread across multiple domestic facilities in California, Massachusetts, Kansas, Alabama, and Virginia. Its product line includes the Puma, Raven, and JUMP fixed-wing UAS platforms, the Switchblade series of loitering munitions, and various unmanned ground and maritime vehicles. AeroVironment has operated for more than five decades, supplying UAS technology to U.S. and allied military customers, and its systems are assembled domestically at facilities across several states.
