Contractors / Aerovironment, Inc
Aerovironment, Inc
prime recipient of federal awards · UEI MWKWXVSSC518 ✓ from source
$496.2M
obligated · FY2025
2
funding agencies
100%
from Defense
95%
single-source
3
states
100%
in California
8
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 sourceFUNDING AGENCIES
AEROVIRONMENT, INC
Defense
$0.5B
1 other agencies
$0B
Aerovironment, Inc
$0.5B
FY2025 obligated
Biggest awards (total value)
awarded 2020$406.5M
awarded 2022$323.1M
awarded 2025$218.1M
awarded 2024$128M
awarded 2017$84.3M
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
Flight Training$39.8K
Where the work lands
California✓ from source$495.2M
Florida✓ from source$997.5K
Competitors
Lockheed Martin Corporation≈ computed$35.5B
The Boeing Company≈ computed$12.5B
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation≈ computed$4.1B
Sierra Nevada Company, LLC≈ computed$1.5B
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.≈ computed$984.2M
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation≈ computed$519.1M
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 PACgave$86.3Kto members of Congress, 2024 cycle✓ from source
linked through public filings, not a claim of coordination. contribution reported to the FEC, a public campaign-finance record.
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Why the labels? The graph is only worth anything if the links are trusted. Facts taken straight from a federal filing are ✓ from source; anything we compute or infer (corporate parents, districts, competitors) is ≈ inferred and worded carefully, never asserted as fact.