AeroVironment - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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AeroVironment M&A Summary

AeroVironment has acquired 7 companies, including 7 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms.

AeroVironment’s largest acquisition to date was in 2024, when it acquired BlueHalo for $4.1B. AeroVironment has acquired in 4 different US states, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include aerospace (58%) and information technology (43%).

AeroVironment Business Overview

Where is AeroVironment headquartered?

AeroVironment is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

What is AeroVironment’s revenue?

AeroVironment disclosed revenue of 717M USD for 2024 and 540M USD for 2023.

How many employees does AeroVironment have?

AeroVironment has 1,403 employees.

What sector is AeroVironment in?

AeroVironment is an aerospace company.

When was AeroVironment founded?

AeroVironment was founded in 1971.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity7
    • M&A Buy Activity7
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2
  • M&A Advisors 4

AeroVironment

AeroVironment, Inc.

241 18th Street South, Suite 415,
Arlington, Virginia 22202
United States,
(805) 520-8350
www.avinc.com

AeroVironment is a technology solutions provider that designs, develops, produces, supports and operates an advanced portfolio of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and electric transportation solutions. AeroVironment was founded in 1971 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.2/yr) # 1 1 2 1 1 1 7
vol $26M $45M $435M $120M $4.1B $4.7B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  7

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
BlueHalo LLC 2024-11-19 4.1B USD Add-on Acquisition
Arlington, Virginia · www.bluehalo.com
Tomahawk Robotics, Inc. 2023-08-22 120M USD Add-on Acquisition
Melbourne, Florida · www.tomahawkrobotics.com
Planck Aerosystems, Inc. 2022-08-17 - Add-on Acquisition
San Diego, California · www.planckaero.com
Intelligent Systems Group 2021-02-24 30M USD Divestiture
Manassas, Virginia
Arcturus UAV, Inc. 2021-01-13 405M USD Add-on Acquisition
Petaluma, California · www.arcturusuav.com
Telerob Gesellschaft für Fernhantierungstechnik mbH 2020-12-08 45M USD Add-on Acquisition
Ostfildern, Germany · www.telerob.com
Pulse Aerospace LLC 2019-06-11 26M USD Add-on Acquisition
Lawrence, Kansas · www.pulseaero.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Aerospace 4 (57%) 476M (10%) - -
Information Technology 3 (43%) 4.3B (90%) - -
Total 7 $4.7B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 6 4.7B - -
  Virginia 2 4.1B - -
  California 2 405M - -
  Kansas 1 26M - -
  Florida 1 120M - -
Germany 1 45M - -
Domestic 6 (86%) 4.7B (99%) - -
Cross-border 1 (14%) 45M (1%) - -
Total 7 $4.7B - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
RBC Capital Markets
 1
BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking
 1
Legal Deals
Latham & Watkins
 1
King & Spalding
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $4.1B
$100M to $1B 2 $525M
< $100M 3 $101M
TOTAL $4.7B
Largest BlueHalo LLC
$4.1B (2024-11-19)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
14%
1 (14%)
Strategic(s)
14%
1 (14%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Aerospace

Revenue

717   33% 2024
540   22% 2023
446   13% 2022
395   8% 2021
367   17% 2020
314   16% 2019
271   3% 2018
265   1% 2017
264   2% 2016
259   4% 2015
251   5% 2014
240   2013
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Employees

1,403

Established

1971

Public

NASDAQ: AVAV

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