Tracked deals
3
3 tracked deals across 2021-2026.
Public Company
Other
AeroVironment
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Defense technology company delivering robotics, sensors, software analytics, connectivity and autonomous systems for military and commercial customers, including small unmanned aircraft systems, loitering munition systems, unmanned ground vehicles, and counter-UAS and other directed defense capabilities.
- Focus Areas
- Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), Loitering munition systems, Counter-UAS
- Website
- www.avinc.com
Recent pace
1
1 tracked deal announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
3 buyout
AeroVironment Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 3 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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- Buyer
- AeroVironment, Inc.
- Target
- Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. (ESAero)
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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August 17, 2022
- Buyer
- AeroVironment, Inc.
- Target
- Planck Aerosystems, Inc.
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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January 13, 2021
- Buyer
- AeroVironment, Inc.
- Target
- Arcturus UAV, Inc.
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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