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$5 a shot vs. $4M a shot: AeroVironment’s LOCUST X3 laser makes battlefield math easy

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It’s simple battlefield math but not quite 1+1=2.  It’s more like a $50,000 drone>$30 million aircraft and a $4 million missile shot<the $50,000 drone. Enter the economics of AeroVironment: A $5 laser shot<$4 million missile shot, therefore the $5 laser shot>the $50,000 drone. This cutting-edge development by the Huntsville company was showcased this week at […]

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GENESIS: AeroVironment’s $97M Army contract is latest in next-generation defense systems

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To boost the Army’s efforts to modernize, AeroVironment is turning to GENESIS. Under a three-year, $97.4 million contract, the company, which has an office on Corporate Drive in Huntsville, will design and integrate prototype test environments — including flight motion table and cryogenic space chamber facilities — on Redstone Arsenal. The contract was awarded under […]

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