
Fresh off its acquisition of Arcturus UAV, AeroVironment, Inc. [AVAV] on Wednesday said it has acquired a small business unit of Progeny Systems Corp. that develops artificial intelligence (A)-enabled technologies to advance and accelerate autonomy capabilities for the company’s robotic systems. AeroVironment said the $30 million acquisition of Progeny’s Intelligent Systems Group (ISG) will also increase its customer-funded research and development and broaden its engineering services it offers to defense and commercial customers. ISG, which is based in Manassas, Va.,…