LONDON -- DSEI UK. Integrated defense-technology solution company AeroVironment (AV) announced the opening of its new office in Hereford, U.K., a facility the company calls "strategically located to bring the full spectrum of the company's capabilities to the U.K. and European defense markets," thereby extending AV's global operations.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment delivered its first P550 Group 2 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) to the U.S. Army under the Long-Range Reconnaissance (LRR) program, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment’s Wildcat uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) has completed a series of flight milestones under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Early VTOL Aircraft Demonstration (EVADE), part of the AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) program, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with UAS Denmark Test Center, based at Hans Christian Andersen Airport in Odense, to jointly utilize the center’s airspace and test facilities for uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) demonstrations, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment’s JUMP 20 medium uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) provided maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) services for the U.S. Navy’s 4th Fleet during Operation Southern Spear, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment’s Tomahawk product line won a $5.1 million contract from the U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) to support the Human-Machine Integrated Formations (HMIF) rapid prototyping project, the company announced in a statement. 

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment signed a new agreement with the Dutch Ministry of Defence to modernize the Netherlands’ Puma 3 AE uncrewed aerial system (UAS) fleet and expand the country’s use of long-endurance systems, the company announced in a statement.