AeroVironment
| AeroVironment, Inc.
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| legal form | Inc. |
| ISIN | US0080731088 |
| founding | 1971 |
| Seat |
Monrovia , United States
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| management | Wahid Nawabi |
| Number of employees | 674 |
| sales | $ 264 million |
| Branch | Aerospace technology , defense industry , electromobility |
| Website | www.avinc.com |
| As of April 30, 2016 | |
AeroVironment Inc. is an American technology company based in Monrovia , which is active in the fields of aviation, especially unmanned aerial vehicles , electromobility , and test services. It was founded in 1971 by aviation pioneer Paul MacCready .
Business areas
aviation
AeroVironment is particularly active in niche areas of aviation. In the early years, the company attracted attention with muscle-powered aircraft, later laid the foundations for solar-powered aircraft and later established itself in the market for small unmanned aircraft. The following is a list of well-known products:
- Gossamer Condor : The first successful muscle-powered aircraft.
- Gossamer Albatross : In 1979 this muscle-powered aircraft flew over the English Channel .
- Gossamer Penguin : A solar powered variant of the Gossamer Albatross.
- Solar Challenger : The Solar Challenger flew 262 km from Paris to England.
- Pathfinder, Centurion , Helios : A series of high-flying solar or fuel cell powered UAVs.
- Global Observer : A fuel cell powered aircraft optimized for long flight times at high altitudes.
- Raven : A small unmanned aircraft for the military.
- Wasp : A miniature UAV.
- Puma : A hand launchable military UAV.
- Nano Hummingbird : An extremely small flying device that was modeled on a hummingbird in appearance and flight technique .
- SkyTote : A vertical takeoff hybrid aircraft.
- Switchblade : A small armed drone.
Electromobility
AeroVironment commercially develops and produces charging stations for electric vehicles. However, the company also developed solar and electrically powered test vehicles, partly in cooperation with other companies.
- Sunraycer : This solar powered car won the first race for such vehicles in Australia in 1987. The second car didn't finish until two days later.
- GM Impact : This electrically powered car was built as a prototype of a production vehicle.
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| Military UAVs |
FQM-151 Pointer • Global Observer • Nano Hummingbird • RQ-11 Raven • RQ-20 Puma • SkyTote • Wasp • Switchblade |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b AeroVironment: Annual Report 2016. (PDF; 5.7 MB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 1, 2017 ; accessed on January 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
