Contractors / Aerovironment, Inc

Aerovironment, Inc

prime recipient of federal awards · UEI MWKWXVSSC518 ✓ from source

$496.2M

obligated · FY2025

funding agencies

100%

from Defense

95%

single-source

states

100%

in California

industries

≈ computedSingle-source: 95% of this recipient’s $496.2M in federal contracts was awarded without competition (FPDS extent-competed codes); the rest was competed or unclassified. A high share often reflects sole-source or specialized work, not wrongdoing.

Obligations by year

≈ computed

$321.2M

FY23

$215.2M

FY24

$496.2M

FY25

▲ 55%

since FY23

Where this money comes from

✓ from source

FUNDING AGENCIES

AEROVIRONMENT, INC

Defense

$0.5B

1 other agencies

$0B

Aerovironment, Inc

$0.5B

FY2025 obligated

band width = obligations · FY2025 · source: USASpending.gov

Biggest awards (total value)

FY20-22 Switchblade Hardware Production

awarded 2020$406.5M

Ukraine RQ-20B All Environment (Ae) 3 and Long Endurance (Le) Puma Unmanned Aircraft…

awarded 2022$323.1M

Loitered Munitions, Switchblade 300 and 600 All Up Rounds

awarded 2025$218.1M

Delivery Order to Purchase All Up Rounds, Fire Control Systems and Smart Battery Chargers

awarded 2024$128M

Switchblade Hardware

awarded 2017$84.3M

Puma Ae 3, Puma Le, Puma Accessories, Era, Puma Software Update Kit, Contractor Logistics…

awarded 2025$62.6M

Total value over each award’s life, for awards active in FY2025: a decades-long contract can exceed one year’s obligations above.

What it does (NAICS / PSC)

Aircraft Manufacturing$410.8M

Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing$66.7M

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$9.7M

Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing$9M

Flight Training$39.8K

All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing$6.1K

Where the work lands

California✓ from source$495.2M

Florida✓ from source$997.5K

Competitors

Lockheed Martin Corporation≈ computed$39.5B

The Boeing Company≈ computed$12.5B

Sierra Nevada Company, LLC≈ computed$1.5B

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation≈ computed$1.4B

Bell Textron Inc≈ computed$1.3B

General Atomics≈ computed$984.2M

Textron Aviation Inc≈ computed$466.9M

Bell Boeing Joint Project Office≈ computed$436.9M

computed from shared NAICS, not a stated rivalry.

Corporate family

Single registration: no combined family.

Political contributions

Aerovironment, Inc PAC≈ inferredgave$207Kto members of Congress✓ from source

Ken Calvert (Republican)$22.2K

Mario Diaz-Balart (Republican)$14K

David G. Valadao (Republican)$12K

Betty McCollum (Democrat)$11K

Julia Brownley (Democrat)$10.5K

Scott Franklin (Republican)$10.5K

Pete Aguilar (Democrat)$10K

Ed Case (Democrat)$8.5K

Tom Cole (Republican)$7.8K

Jake Ellzey (Republican)$6K

linked through public filings, not a claim of coordination. contribution reported to the FEC, a public campaign-finance record.

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