| Address | Corporate
Headquarters: 222 East Huntington Dr, Monrovia, CA 91016 Design Development Center: 4685-3H Industrial St, Simi Valley, CA 93063 |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Employees | 162 |
| Annual revenues | $11.1M |
| Flight facility | Simi Valley, CA |
| Owner | Private (Dr. Paul B. MacCready, Jr.; 15% share held by General Motors |
| President/CEO | Tim E. Conver |
| Business dev | Ilker "Ike" Bayraktar |
| Phone/fax | (818) 357-9983x509/9729 |
| bayraktar@aerovironment.com | |
| Markets | |
| Products | UAVs, electric cars, wind and solar generators, atmospheric monitors and samplers |
| UAV(s) | Pointer (FQM-151A) | Pathfinder | Centurion | Helios | Black Widow | Pathfinder Plus | Raven | Hiline | Puma | X-Glider | Dragon Eye | Hornet | Wasp |
| Program manager | M. Cowley | R. Morgan | R. Meininger | R. Meininger | M. Keennon | ||||||||
| Status | GOTS | Demo | Dev | Developmental | Demo | Dev | Demo | Production | Developmental | ||||
| No. manuf'd | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Air vehicle price | $50K | $6.5M | |||||||||||
| System price | $220K (3 AV) | ||||||||||||
| Customers | USMC | NASA | NASA | NASA | DARPA | USA |
| Recent activities | -
PEO (CU) providing two Pointer GOTS systems to SOCEUR and training
in their use - Pathfinder set an altitude record of 71,500K ft from Kauai, HI (summer 97) - Centurion flew in Oct 98 at NASA Dryden, CA (AW&ST, 4 May 98, p. 54) |
Updated May 13, 2003