Relevant News

 

03/26/2010: Kirkuk Airmen use small aircraft with huge capabilities

 

03/04/2010: Aerovironment receives $1.18m contract for Phase III "Anubis stealth assassin robo-missile"

 

01/28/2010: Retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North flies Raven at Redstone Arsenal

 

12/28/2009: Dutch Defense starts using Ravens for civil defense missions in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands (English) (Dutch1) (Dutch2) (Dutch3)

 

11/01/2009: Army to Expand Raven Family of Unmanned Aircraft, to include Wasp and Puma AE

 

10/05/2009: Smiths Detection, AeroVironment and US Army Collaborate on Chemical Agent-Detecting UAV

 

10/02/2009: Czech military to buy two Raven B Systems for Afghanistan

 

09/01/2009: AeroVironment's Raven Receives Military Aircraft Type-Certification from The Netherlands Ministry of Defense (English) (Dutch)

 

08/06/2009: Australia trials Wasp III ahead of new SUAS fleet buy

 

06/03/2009: AeroVironment Receives Order for Third Global Observer Aircraft under JCTD Program

 

04/20/2009: Puma AE hydrogen fuel cell development continues with $3.3M US DoD contract to Protonex, leading to 6+ hour endurance (Defense News)

 

04/01/2009: AeroVironment's Raven Achieves 30-Hour Persistent Surveillance in Demonstration with US Army

 

03/18/2009: AeroVironment Puma AE enters development for fuel cell power greatly extending endurance, continuing prior Puma fuel cell work

 

03/16/2009: AeroVironment Demonstrates Switchblade Lethal UAV

 

02/27/2009: US Government sells Ravens to Lebanon Air Force

 

01/20/2009: Rockwell Collins navigation system selected for AeroVironment’s Global Observer Unmanned Aircraft System

 

12/15/2008: AeroVironment's Raven Receives Military Aircraft Type-Classification Certificate from the Italian Ministry of Defense

 

11/03/2008: Aerovironment awarded $5.8M contract for Raven RQ-11B digital data link

 

10/30/2008: Chilean, U.S. Air Forces share perimeter defense methods (Raven featured)

10/10/2008: Mini unmanned vehicle (Raven B) demonstrates capabilities for MAWTS-1 Marines

 

09/15/2008: Perch and Stare: U.S. Agency Pushes Tiny UAVs Toward New Abilities (Defense News)

 

09/08/2008: Ultra Electronics reveals new details on Global Observer HALE UAV JCTD

08/25/2008: Raven UAV guards military convoys in Iraq (www.pentagonchannel.mil video)

 

07/02/2008: AeroVironment Awarded $200M USSOCOM All Environment Capable Variant (AECV) Small UAS Contract, with "Puma AE"

 

05/30/2008: Netherlands Ministry of Defence Selects AeroVironment's Raven Small UAS (English)  (Dutch)

 

05/27/2008: DARPA Awards AeroVironment Phase II Contract for Nano Air Vehicle Development

 

01/14/2008: Spanish Army buys Raven Systems (English) (Spanish)

 

01/08/2008: European Defence Agency Awards Contract for European UAV Air Traffic Insertion Road Map

 

01/03/2008: USAF Approves BATMAV System with AeroVironment's Wasp III Micro Air Vehicle for Full Rate Production

 

01/02/2008: US Forces RQ-11 Raven fleet will surpass 450,000 combat flight hours by the end of 2008, says Col Robert Quackenbush, Deputy Director for US Army Aviation

 

11/20/2007: United States Marine Corps Awards AeroVironment $19.3 Million BATMAV Contract for Wasp III Micro Unmanned Aircraft Systems

 

10/11/2007: U.S. Air Force adopts Raven B for FPASS program, replacing Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk

 

09/26/2007: AeroVironment Awarded $57 Million - $108 Million Contract for Development of Global Observer Stratospheric Unmanned Aircraft System

 

09/11/2007: Danish Army Chooses Raven B Small UAS (English)  (Danish)

 

08/09/2007: Singapore reveals jungle trials using AV's Wasp micro unmanned air vehicles

06/01/2007: Liquid Hydrogen-Powered Drones Within Reach
 (National Defense magazine)

 

02/08/2007: Aqua Puma completes sea trials on the Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Armidale in the Timor Sea

 

11/06/2006: AV demos Wasp and Raven B for Australian and New Zealand Defence officials

 

10/31/2006: AV's Raven UAV flies legally in busy downtown Brisbane's controlled airspace during Australia's Land Warfare Conference

 

10/09/2006: Raven UAVs on Loan To British Army in Iraq

 

10/17/2005: AeroVironment's RQ-11 Raven wins half-billion dollar US Army SUAV Contract

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