AeroVironment

AeroVironment — U.S. defense contractor (Arlington, VA). Manufacturer of the Next Generation cUAS Missile (NGCM) / Freedom Eagle-1 kinetic counter-drone interceptor procured under the Army’s FY27 effectors line, and of the Titan-MS AI-fusion sensing/C2 line.

Programs in vault

• next-generation-cuas-missile — NGCM / Freedom Eagle-1; 24 units planned in FY27 under the $132M Army effectors line (src-breaking-defense-army-1b-counter-drone-2026-05).

July 2026 — Domestic Shield $500M IDIQ

AeroVironment was awarded a sole-source, three-year, **$500millionIDIQ\ast \ast by[[jiatf-401]]supportingthe\ast \ast [[domestic-shield-program|DomesticShieldProgram]]\ast \ast ([[src-aerovironment-jiatf401-idiq-2026-07]]).A{V}^{\prime }sC-UASarchitecturecenterson\ast \ast [[av-halo|A{V}_{H}alo]]\ast \ast ,anAI-poweredintegrationlayerconnectingsensors,platforms,andoperators.ThefirsttaskorderunderthisIDIQ—an$80.5M award for Titan-MS (AI multi-sensor fusion detect/track/defeat), Titan 4 EO/IR payloads, and counter-drone radar — defends air-force-global-strike-command bases including barksdale-afb (src-defensescoop-titan-drone-defense-2026-07). Attributed to CEO wahid-nawabi.

“Domestic Shield is about protecting Americans where they live and work… not only in contested theaters abroad, but in the skies over our own communities.” — Wahid Nawabi

Related

• counter-uas (if exists; otherwise via jiatf-401)
• jiatf-401
• domestic-shield-program
• av-halo
• titan-ms
• wahid-nawabi
• air-force-global-strike-command
• barksdale-afb
• src-breaking-defense-army-1b-counter-drone-2026-05
• src-aerovironment-jiatf401-idiq-2026-07
• src-defensescoop-titan-drone-defense-2026-07