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The Motley Fool June 15, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing Bets on Black (Ops) Boeing came late to the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) party, but you've got to give these guys credit -- now that they're here, they aim to make a splash.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2010 Rich Smith	What's Next for Northrop? After a change in HQ, a change in stock ticker?
The Motley Fool August 25, 2008 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part 3 It's time to catch up with the latest developments regarding unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2008 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part 4 A look at Raytheon, one of the players in the unmanned aerial vehicles sector.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: AeroVironment Warms Up In advance of earnings, analysts wonder how unmanned aerial vehicle maker AeroVironment will wrap up its first fiscal year.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2008 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part Fin One last update on the development of unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Motley Fool March 12, 2007 Rich Smith	AeroVironment Lifts Off The unmanned aerial vehicle maker's superb results revive this fallen IPO star. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: AeroVironment's Pre-Flight Reality Check In its first year as a public company, AeroVironment turned in results that beat expectations in every single quarter. But can this high-tech model-airplane maker repeat the feat in year two?
The Motley Fool July 9, 2008 Rich Smith	AeroVironment: Good Kitty After soaring 10% over the course of the past week, shares of unmanned aerial vehicle maker AeroVironment have finally settled on a cruising altitude near an all-time high.
The Motley Fool March 11, 2010 Rich Smith	AeroVironment Gets Its Wings Clipped So far, all AV's showed us this year is a string of excuses about budgetary delays, tardy Pentagon procurement, and bad weather excuses.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2011 Rich Smith	AeroVironment Delivers for DARPA The new Shrike UAV was three weeks in the inventing, three years in the making.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing: Can't Join 'Em? Beat 'Em! Boeing may be top o' the heap in commercial airliners and military transports, and it may even do a decent job on helicopters. But when it comes to the next big thing in aeronautics -- unmanned aerial vehicles the company's looking like a bit of an also-ran.
The Motley Fool September 9, 2009 Rich Smith	A Soft Landing for AeroVironment Sure, AeroVironment took a tumble, but it could have been worse.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2010 Rich Smith	Boeing Pushes the Envelope on UAVs If the FAA wants 'em, Boeing's got 'em.
The Motley Fool November 7, 2008 Rich Smith	In Defense of Obama Given conventional wisdom, which suggests that Republicans would be more favorable to defense-industry companies, what might the effects be from Obama's administration?
The Motley Fool September 6, 2011 Rich Smith	AeroVironment Could Explode In fact, we can almost guarantee that at least one of its products will.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004	Dawn of the unmanned era While the U.S. military has used remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) since the Vietnam War with mixed results, recent combat action in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq has proven the utility of military unmanned systems.
The Motley Fool December 30, 2009 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? (The 2009 Boxed Set) It's been a good year for unmanned aerial vehicles -- and a great year for investing in 'em. Here's an update on who's who and what's what in the exciting world of flying model airplanes that kill.
The Motley Fool November 10, 2009 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Unmanned aerial vehicles spread wings and take flight around the globe. Invest in this trend today. Move too slow, and it may fly away from you.
The Motley Fool April 9, 2009 Rich Smith	Lockheed Defenseless? Boeing Busted? Maybe, but there are also winners aplenty in the Pentagon's new budget.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2008 Rich Smith	AeroVironment Evolves To get the whole story about AeroVironment, you had to listen to the post-earnings conference call.
The Motley Fool June 7, 2011 Dan Radovsky	Drones: More Than a Buzzword for Boeing Boeing's gamble in unmanned aircraft may pay off ... one day.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2007 Rich Smith	Northrop Gains Air Superiority Northrop Grumman signs an important contract with the U.S. Navy to develop Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Keep an eye on Northrop, investors; they may be pulling ahead of competition as the nation's foremost military aircraft maker.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2009 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying this Thing? Special Report Newsflash: Mainstream media discovers unmanned aerial vehicles or drone aircraft.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009 John Keller	A Detailed Look at the Pentagon's $5.4 Billion Plan in 2010 to Develop and Deploy U.S. military forces plan to spend nearly $5.4 billion next year on unmanned vehicle (UV) technology for air, ground, and maritime applications.
The Motley Fool June 26, 2008 Rich Smith	Fool on Call: AeroVironment Rides the Rocket AeroVironment management was as good as its word this quarter, reporting a sales increase of 24%, and gross margins of 36% on those sales.
The Motley Fool August 21, 2009 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Revenge Of The Robots Things are evolving fast in the unmanned aerial vehicle business, and they're starting to get just a wee bit dangerous too.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2007 Rich Smith	AeroVironment Takes Wing The maker of small, unmanned aerial vehicles reported a quarter that was good, but it could have been a lot better.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2010 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? It seems everywhere you look these days, people are talking about unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 John Keller	DOD to cut unmanned aerial vehicle procurement by one third over next decade The early years of the 21st century have seen explosive growth in U.S. Department of Defense purchases of unmanned aerial vehicles, but DOD is expected to cut UAV procurement by one-third over the next decade.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2008 Rich Smith	AeroVironment's PR Blitzkrieg AeroVironment's CEO and IR Director present the company's case at investment conferences in New York City. Read on for a few highlights.
The Motley Fool May 29, 2009 Rich Smith	Say It Ain't So, Boeing The aerospace giant has landed more than $312 million in contracts to lease its ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle to the Navy and Marine Corps over the past two years.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2009 Rich Smith	This Stock Should Soar The robotic-plane maker overachieves and is underpriced.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2011 Evan Niu	AeroVironment Is Flying High The company lands a big military contract.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004 John McHale	UAV Market Shows Strong Growth Through Next Decade The market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) appears to be growing steadily over the next ten years because of the successful deployment of these pilotless aircraft in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, market analysts say.
The Motley Fool May 8, 2009 Rich Smith	"Hey! Who's Flying This Thing?" 2009 Edition This edition of "Hey! Who's Flying This Thing?" takes a peek within the exciting world of flying model airplanes ... that kill.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Rich Smith	Northrop Grumman: More than Just UAVs Northrop Grumman just landed a $432 million contract to build two new E-2D "Advanced Hawkeye" command and control aircraft for the Navy. And this is just the beginning.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2011 Rich Smith	Budget Deficit? What Budget Deficit? The Pentagon has plenty of money for new toys.
The Motley Fool September 12, 2008 Rich Smith	AeroVironment's Place in the Sun AV achieved complete tactical surprise with their quarterlies, and shares surged. After scoring back-to-back "up" days post-earnings, shares of AeroVironment now cruise 19% above their pre-earnings altitude.
National Defense March 2010 Austin Wright	If You Can't Afford a UAV, Rent One The U.S. military hires contractors to operate certain unmanned aerial vehicles in combat zones. Federal agencies might one day do the same here in the United States.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2011 Rich Smith	U.S. Navy Gets a New $2.6 Billion Toy The U.S. Navy has fallen so in love with the Fire Scout remotely piloted helicopter drone that it ordered 168 of them, and offered to pay $2.6 billion.
The Motley Fool September 8, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: AeroVironment Warms Up In advance of earnings, analysts expect AeroVironment to remain virtually unchanged.
National Defense May 2004 Roxana Tiron	Joint-Service Focus Shapes UAV Roadmap The Pentagon is working on a new roadmap for unmanned aerial vehicles to accommodate the rapid growth in UAV programs seen in the past several years.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2010 Rich Smith	L-3 Adds One And ups its game in UAVs.
The Motley Fool June 28, 2007 Rich Smith	AeroVironment Hits an Air Pocket The unmanned aerial vehicle maker's stock drops 4% on a great earning report. Investors, here's why.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2010 Rich Smith	Textron Gains Air Superiority All of a sudden, Textron is the "it" UAV maker. And the source of its popularity -- while not Japan, per se -- is most definitely international.
The Motley Fool October 29, 2009 Rich Smith	Recession: 98, Textron: 2 The maker of Bell helicopters, Cessna airplanes, and Shadow unmanned aerial vehicles reported horrible Q3 earnings, but the loss isn't as lopsided as it sounds.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: AeroVironment Shifts Gears It's expanding operations in the industrial sphere in cooperation with Toyota Motor.
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