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Contract Award: AeroVironment Inc. (Simi Valley, California) – $21,779,908

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, April 28th, 2021

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AeroVironment Inc.,* Simi Valley, California, was awarded a $21,779,908 cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency research project. Work will be performed in Simi Valley, California (74%); and Palo Alto, California (26%), with an expected completion date of October 2023. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $84,085; and fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $14,828,950 are being obligated at time of award. This contract was a sole-source acquisition. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (HR001121C0058).

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