{"id":383474,"date":"2026-07-01T02:01:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/aerovironment-skyrockets-15-as-dronemaker-capitalizes-on-defense-spending-surge\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T02:01:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:01:54","slug":"aerovironment-skyrockets-15-as-dronemaker-capitalizes-on-defense-spending-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/ru\/aerovironment-skyrockets-15-as-dronemaker-capitalizes-on-defense-spending-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"AeroVironment skyrockets 15% as dronemaker capitalizes on defense spending surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"RelatedQuotes-relatedQuotes\" id=\"RegularArticle-RelatedQuotes\">\n<div class=\"RelatedQuotes-quotesContainer\">\n<div class=\"RelatedQuotes-titleAndTime undefined\">\n<p class=\"RelatedQuotes-text\">In this article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"RelatedQuotes-list\">\n<li class=\"QuoteItem-item\" aria-label=\"Quote for null\"><span class=\"QuoteItem-symbol\">AVAV<\/span><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"RegularArticle-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"RegularArticle-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RelatedQuotes-cfaButtonContainer\"><button id=\"ArticlePageTickerCreateAccountButton\" class=\"CreateFreeAccountButton-buttonContainer\"><span class=\"CreateFreeAccountButton-buttonText\"><span>Follow your favorite stocks<\/span><span class=\"CreateFreeAccountButton-buttonTextBold\">CREATE FREE ACCOUNT<\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"Placeholder-ArticleBody-Video-108327591\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p><span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-1\">AeroVironment<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> shares skyrocketed 15% after the dronemaker easily blew past Wall Street&#8217;s fiscal fourth-quarter estimates, benefiting from U.S. plans to modernize the military and secure space. <\/p>\n<p>The Virginia-based defense company more than doubled revenue from a year ago to $642 million, while funded backlog jumped 65% to $1.2 billion. Revenue for autonomous systems totaled $492 million, surpassing the $402 million StreetAccount expectations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:100%\" class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<p>CEO Wahid Nawabi told analysts in a Monday earnings call that the company is scaling manufacturing to keep pace with unprecedented demand and that the company&#8217;s growth opportunity has &#8220;never been stronger. <\/p>\n<p>Other drone stocks rallied in support. <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-3\">Kratos Defense and Security Solutions<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> surged 4%, while <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-4\">Red Cat<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> gained 1%. 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The Department of Defense budget is requesting a record $75 billion for drones in 2027 as the Trump administration seeks a historic $1.5 trillion defense budget. <\/p>\n<p>In his second term in office, President Donald Trump has made American drone dominance one of his primary military goals amid a backdrop of rising geopolitical threats, along with scaling U.S. shipbuilding and an extensive Golden Dome project to protect space. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-relatedContent\" id=\"RegularArticle-RelatedContent-1\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-container\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-nonCollapsibleContent\">\n<h2 class=\"RelatedContent-header\">Read more CNBC tech news<\/h2>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<ul>\n<li>The memory shortage shaking Apple and Microsoft is &#8216;existential crisis&#8217; for smaller players<\/li>\n<li>The AI boom is colliding with a new threat: Severe weather<\/li>\n<li>China&#8217;s Zhipu is closing in on top U.S. AI models with Anthropic and OpenAI held back<\/li>\n<li>How GE Vernova builds the massive gas turbines powering the AI data center boom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>One of AeroVironment&#8217;s products is a high-energy laser system known as LOCUST, capable of shooting down drone targets. 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