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AV At-A-Glance
Honored to support our global customers as the leading pureplay unmanned systems company, providing solutions primarily to U.S. DoD and allies around the world
Global footprint with sales to | NASDAQ: AVAV |
55+ allied nations | |
Market Cap: $5.3B+ | |
HQ: Arlington, VA
Employees: ~1,400
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AVAV's Business
Platforms | Software |
Group 1 UAVs | Communications |
Group 2-3 UAVs | Command and Control |
Loitering Munitions | Autonomy / AI |
Lethal Drones | Computer Vision |
Ground Robots | Object ID |
Logistics UAVs | Visual Navigation |
Space Helicopters | Flight Control Systems |
Advanced Solutions | |
Serving Primarily Defense and Public Safety Markets
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OUR UNMATCHED PORTFOLIO: Accomplishing Missions in the Most Demanding Environments
Group 2-3 UAVS
Group 1-2 UAVS
Loitering Munitions
AV Operates Three Business Segments
Uncrewed Systems | Loitering Munition Systems MacCready Works (MW) |
(UxS) | (LMS) |
Group 1-3 UAVs for ISR and UGVs for EOD and CBRNE missions
- SUAS, MUAS and UGV Business Units
- Leader in our markets
- Global franchise with shipments to more than 55 allied countries
- Leading edge autonomy and AI/ML capabilities
Small/Med Loitering Munitions
- Leading supplier to US DoD for more than a decade
- Multiple payload types with more variants in development
- Recent DoD authorization to sell to more than 50 allied countries
- Multiple $1B+ Programs of Record on horizon
- Advanced Features
Advanced Programs and Customer Funded R&D
- Classified & Un-Classified Projects
- Center of Excellence for Machine Learning, AI & Autonomy
- Includes HAPS and Mars Helicopter programs
- Incubates new product lines
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Growing Need for
Uncrewed & Autonomous Systems
Future of warfare and US military's force structure will include more distributed intelligent and affordable unmanned systems
- loitering munitions deployed at the edge of the battlefield. AV develops and delivers these types of disruptive capabilities to our military and global allies
Shift from conventional missiles to Loitering Munitions like the Switchblade 300 & 600 with greater range, precise targeting and wave-off capability
Proven that small nations can successfully defend themselves and deter larger adversaries using unmanned systems in the air, ground and sea - i.e. asymmetrical warfare
Trend towards more autonomous solutions utilizing machine learning and AI capabilities that operate in contested
environments
"Ukraine is building an advanced army of drones"
"Army orders loitering munition for testing as soldier-bornetank-killer"
"Pentagon to build unmanned systems to compete with China"
"Army orders loitering munition for testing as soldier-bornetank-killer"
"Ukrainian minister vows more drones for strikes on Russian warships"
"The use of autonomous systems is going to be a constant… which includes the first thousand feet of air above the land."
- AV's unique solutions are valued by our customers and trusted to meet their growing needs
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At Inflection Point and Poised for Long-Term Value Creation
Unmatched portfolio | Innovation leader | Well-positioned to | Proven track record of |
of uncrewed systems | deploying AI/ML tech | benefit from key | more than 20 years |
with strong global | to the battlefield for | trends and strong | serving defense and |
franchises | autonomous missions | global tailwinds | gov't customers |
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Evolving Global Security Threats Are Driving Defense Spending
United States:
FY24 PBR driving defense spending to growth; Russian invasion of Ukraine factored in, future budgets to focus also on countering Chinese threat in APAC
Latin America:
Limited threat profile, populist politics and commodity-based economies focus key prospects into more limited range of opportunity - current economic woes limiting large-scale program evolution
Sources: SIPRI, RSAdvisors Defense Budget Forecasts
Eastern Europe & Nordics:
Increased Russian activity in former Soviet states and conflict in Ukraine
Western Europe: | will likely drive increased spending in Eastern Europe & Nordics |
Russian invasion of Ukraine driving additional spending through
the period, particularly in air defense, land systems, and some naval recap
Asia/Pacific:
Chinese power projection is driving investment by its neighbors, particularly Japan, Australia, S. Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore
MENA:
Growing involvement in defense manufacturing and in the conduct of operations is driving increasing sophistication
of requirements; air defense a core priority N. Africa increasingly modernizing and seeking to develop better surveillance capabilities - Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco increasing spend
Historical and projected defense and security spending | Defense Spend CAGR '17-'27: |
-5% 5% | |
patterns largely mirror geographic threat areas | |
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