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AeroVironment announced that the German Bundeswehr, through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency - NSPA - under the UAS Partnership, has selected AV's next-generation Puma family of unmanned aircraft systems or UAS for the Luftgestutzte Aufklarung mit Unbemannten Systemen, or LARUS, airborne reconnaissance program. The purchase order, valued at $30.9M, provides Germany with a comprehensive portfolio of advanced Puma All Environment and Puma Long Endurance capabilities in a single, integrated package. Under the NSPA purchase order, AV will deliver a full suite of advanced payloads, ground control technologies, communications, and autonomy kits to support Germany's small tactical UAS requirements for LARUS. Deliveries are required no later than late 2026. Germany has previously fielded Puma AE, but this effort expands both capacity and capability.

AeroVironment has been awarded a three-year, $500M Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract in support of Joint Interagency Task Force 401's Domestic Shield Program. Under this sole-source contract, AV will provide a range of Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems capabilities for use by the Department of War for force protection, base defense and counter-UAS operations in support of the Domestic Shield Program. The DoW announced the award on July 1.

AeroVironment announced that Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has selected its Titan MS system for a $80.5M contract award in support of Domestic Shield. The Titan family of products has been selected by the JIATF-401 to advance the United States Air Force Global Strike Command's layered base defense. The award is being executed against a $500M Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity sole-source contract in support of Joint Interagency Task Force 401's Domestic Shield Program that was recently announced by AV.