AeroVironment Receives $16.4 Million Order from U.S. Army for Raven Logistics Support.MONROVIA, Calif. -- AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft systems and efficient electric energy systems, today announced that the U.S. Army has ordered $16.4 million in contract logistics services (CLS (Common Language Specification) The structure and syntax of .NET and CLI programming languages. See .NET. ) in support of its Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS UAS University of Applied Sciences UAS Unavailable Seconds (Sprint) UAS University of Alaska Southeast UAS User Agent Server UAS Unassigned (Telabs) UAS Unmanned Aircraft System ). These logistics services are to include refurbishment, reconstitution and repair work, as well as the migration of systems to the latest configuration during the completion of refurbishment. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Army's news release through the Federal Business Opportunities website, "Refurbishment is required because of extraordinary system usage and environmental conditions encountered in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF OEF Operation Enduring Freedom (US government response to September 11, 2001 terrorism attacks) OEF Oxford Economic Forecasting OEF Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum OEF Optimal Extension Fields ) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF OIF Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (French: International Organization of Francophonie) OIF Office for Intellectual Freedom (American Library Association) )." "This order reflects the Army's desire to have the latest, most capable small UAS in service supporting troops on the ground," said John Grabowsky, AV's executive vice president and general manager of unmanned aircraft systems. "The latest configuration of AV's Raven enables tactical units to operate even more effectively and efficiently, ultimately helping to save lives." As the small UAS of choice for the U.S. Army, Special Operations Command A subordinate unified or other joint command established by a joint force commander to plan, coordinate, conduct, and support joint special operations within the joint force commander's assigned operational area. Also called SOC. See also special operations. and Marine Corps, the Raven exemplifies a true joint program with multiple services procuring it through a common contracting vehicle. AV has produced more than 6,000 small and micro UAS, including Raven, Dragon Eye, Puma and Wasp, and the U.S. Army alone has flown AV's Ravens for tens of thousands of hours in support of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. About Raven AV's Raven is a 4.2-pound, backpackable, hand-launched sensor platform that provides day and night, real-time video imagery for "over the hill" and "around the corner" reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition For the RSTA/ISTAR/STA doctrine, see . For Artillery STA, see . For the USMC snipers, see . in support of tactical units. U.S. Armed Forces use Ravens extensively in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. In addition to Raven, AV's small UAS include Puma and Wasp, which are hand-launched and controlled by a hand-held, common ground control station, and Dragon Eye, a hand-launched UAS operated with a different ground control station. AV's UAS logistics operation supports systems deployed worldwide to ensure a consistently high level of operational availability. About AeroVironment, Inc. Building on a history of technological innovation, AV designs, develops, produces, and supports an advanced portfolio of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and efficient electric energy systems. The company's small UAS are used extensively by agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense and increasingly by allied military forces to deliver real-time reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition For the RSTA/ISTAR/STA doctrine, see . For the RSTA in the U.S. Army, see .  This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. to tactical operating units. AV's PosiCharge fast charge systems
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