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AeroVironment
AV is a leading manufacturer of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Loitering Munition Systems, Unmanned Ground Vehicles used for surveillance...
AeroVironment
AV is a leading manufacturer of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Loitering Munition Systems, Unmanned Ground Vehicles used for surveillance and reconnaissance by the United States Military, U.S. allies and Commercial Industries. AV also manufactures High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellites.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Arlington
Corporate office
Arlington, VA, United States
Additional offices
Huntsville, AL · Vernier, Switzerland · Houston, TX · Boston, MA
Principals
Wahid Nawabi
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Sean Woodward
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Trace Stevenson
President, Autonomous Systems
Mary Clum
President, Space, Cyber & Directed Energy
Jeff Rodrian
Executive Vice President, MacCready Works
James Jenkins
Executive Vice President, Precision Strike & Defense Systems
Dr. Robert Smith
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Michael T. Pace
Senior Vice President, Space & Directed Energy Mission Systems
Johnathan Jones
Senior Vice President of the Cyber and Mission Solutions
Church Hutton
Chief Growth Officer
Brian Shackley
Chief Accounting Officer
Melissa Brown
Executive VP & Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary
Archana Nirwan
Chief People Officer
Homaira Hakim
Chief Financial Officer for Autonomous Systems
Aniket Majumder
Chief Information Officer
Scott Bowman
Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President of Global Engineering
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who makes key investment and product strategy decisions at AeroVironment?
Chairman and CEO Wahid Nawabi presides over a business organized into three segments — Autonomous Systems (led by Trace Stevenson), Space/Cyber/Directed Energy (led by Mary Clum), and Precision Strike & Defense Systems (led by James Jenkins). MacCready Works, the company’s advanced concepts arm, is run by EVP Jeff Rodrian. The corporate team includes CTO Scott Bowman and CFO Sean Woodward.
Which military branches or allied forces use AeroVironment’s systems?
AeroVironment supplies the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Special Operations Command, plus over 50 allied nations. Its Switchblade 300 and 600 loitering munitions are in active use by U.S. and Ukrainian forces. The Raven and Puma tactical UAVs are among the most widely fielded small unmanned systems in the U.S. military inventory.
How does MacCready Works operate within the business?
MacCready Works functions as an internal advanced-solutions unit with clean-sheet design authority, named after the company’s late founder, Dr. Paul MacCready. It pursues next-generation programs — such as high-altitude pseudo-satellites and classified mission systems — outside the constraints of the core product-division roadmaps. Jeff Rodrian serves as its executive vice president.
What is the Freedom Eagle-1 program, and why is it significant?
The Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1) is a new interceptor designed for cruise-missile defense. In 2025, AeroVironment expanded its Huntsville, Alabama manufacturing facility specifically to increase FE-1 production capacity. The program targets a gap in near-term layered air-defense architecture.
Does AeroVironment operate internationally, or is it exclusively focused on U.S. prime contracts?
The company sells systems to allied defense ministries worldwide and exports through Foreign Military Sales and Direct Commercial Sales channels. It maintains an engineering footprint in Vernier, Switzerland, and supports operators in multiple NATO countries.
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