AVAV AeroVironment Inc

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 14, 2025

 

AEROVIRONMENT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-33261		95-2705790
(State or other jurisdiction of		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

 

241 18th Street South, Suite 650
Arlington, Virginia		22202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (805) 520-8350

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value	AVAV	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Information

 

The Department of the Army has cancelled the stop-work order it issued in February 2025 on certain existing U.S. government contracts previously awarded to AeroVironment, Inc. (the “Company”) for foreign military sales funded by the U.S. government via foreign military financing.  The Company is assessing the impact of the delay caused by the issuance of the stop-work order and the timing of its fulfilment of its obligations under the applicable contracts.

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
Date: March 14, 2025	By:	/s/ Melissa Brown
		Melissa Brown
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

 

 

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