--- type: "Topics" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/topics/42441719.md" description: "๐Ÿ“ข ๐‰๐”๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐: $Aerovironment(AVAV.US) AeroVironment Wins $500 Million U.S. Counter-Drone Defense Contract๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ:โžค ๐€๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ secured a ๐Ÿ‘-๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ, $๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง IDIQ contract from JIATF-401.โžค The ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž-๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž award supports the ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ Program.โžค Contract covers ๐‚-๐”๐€๐’ and ๐‚-๐ฌ๐”๐€๐’ systems for force protection and base defense.โžค Domestic Shield strengthens ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ detection, data sharing, and critical infrastructure protection.โžค AeroVironment will deploy its ๐€๐•_๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐จโ„ข platform with third-party interoperability capabilities.โžค Additional task and delivery orders will be issued under the ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐ contract.โžค JIATF-401 previously committed ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ $๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง to expand counter-drone capabilities.โžค The contract award was announced on ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ:โžค Expands AeroVironment's presence in the growing ๐”.๐’. ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ-๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž defense market.โžค Supports increasing ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ investments against evolving drone threats.โžค IDIQ structure provides potential for ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ -๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ revenue through future task orders.๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ:โžค "This award reflects strong confidence in AV, our people and our technology and it reinforces the shared obligation we have to stay ahead of rapidly evolving drone threats, not only in contested theaters abroad, but in the skies over our own communities." โ€” ๐–๐š๐ก๐ข๐ ๐๐š๐ฐ๐š๐›๐ข, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, AeroVironment.โžค "By investing in the latest technology, we are adding another tool in a layered defense so we can respond swiftly and effectively to any illicit drone threats." โ€” ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ . ๐†๐ž๐ง. ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ, Director, JIATF-401." datetime: "2026-07-06T12:36:00.000Z" locales: - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/topics/42441719.md) - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/topics/42441719.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/topics/42441719.md) author: "[Hardik Shah](https://longbridge.com/en/profiles/27423834.md)" --- # ๐Ÿ“ข ๐‰๐”๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐: $Aerovironment(AVAV.US) AeroViroโ€ฆ ### Related Stocks - [AVAV.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AVAV.US.md) - [AV.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AV.US.md)