AeroVironment to Acquire Tomahawk Robotics for $120 Million

Ondas Inc. Acquires Cyberhawk for $125 Million

June 22, 2026

IT Services

Ondas Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cyberhawk Holdings Limited for approximately $125 million, with about 95% funded in cash. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

AeroVironment Acquires Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero) for About $200 Million

March 20, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

AeroVironment announced it has acquired Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. (ESAero) in a deal valued at approximately $200 million, consisting of about $160 million in stock and the remainder in cash (subject to adjustments). ESAero will become a subsidiary within AeroVironment’s Precision Strike and Defense Systems group, strengthening the company’s electric and hybrid propulsion and advanced unmanned aircraft manufacturing capabilities.

Havoc Acquires Mavrik and Teleo to Expand All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy

March 11, 2026

AI & Machine Learning

Havoc, an all-domain collaborative autonomy company, has closed its acquisitions of Mavrik and Teleo. The deals bring Mavrik’s drone technology and Teleo’s supervised autonomy for heavy machinery into Havoc’s single operational architecture to expand air and land capabilities and enable coordinated autonomy across domains.

AeroVironment Acquires BlueHalo in $4.1B All-Stock Deal

April 1, 2025

Aerospace & Defense

AeroVironment (AV) agreed to acquire BlueHalo in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $4.1 billion to create a diversified all-domain defense technology company. The deal was finalized in May 2025 after AV stockholder approval and satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

AeroVironment Acquires Planck Aerosystems

August 17, 2022

Aerospace & Defense

AeroVironment, Inc. has acquired Planck Aerosystems, a San Diego-based developer of advanced unmanned aircraft navigation and autonomy solutions. The acquisition will accelerate AeroVironment's autonomy capabilities by integrating Planck's embedded Autonomous Control Engine (ACE) and other technologies into its medium unmanned aircraft systems (MUAS) business, expanding capability for operations from moving platforms and in GPS-denied environments.

AeroVironment Acquires Arcturus UAV for $405M

January 13, 2021

Aerospace & Defense

AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) will acquire Arcturus UAV, Inc., a Petaluma, California–based developer and manufacturer of Group 2 and 3 unmanned aircraft systems, for a total purchase price of $405 million (approximately $355 million cash and $50 million in AeroVironment stock). The acquisition expands AeroVironment's product portfolio into higher-value Group 2 and 3 UAS segments, adds Arcturus’s ~270 employees and COCO services capability, and is expected to be accretive to adjusted EBITDA and GAAP EPS in fiscal 2022.