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AeroVironment acquisitions, on the record

The businesses AeroVironment bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

Business	Deal	When	Value
Arcturus Word for word“In February 2021, we completed the acquisition of Arcturus and the Intelligent Systems Group business segment (“ISG”).” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	February 2021	—
Intelligent Systems Group business segment (“ISG”) Word for word“In February 2021, we completed the acquisition of Arcturus and the Intelligent Systems Group business segment (“ISG”).” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	February 2021	—
Telerob Word for word“We acquired Telerob in May 2021, Planck Aerosystems, Inc. (“Planck”) in August 2022, and Tomahawk Robotics, Inc. (“Tomahawk”) in September 2023.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	May 2021	—
Planck Aerosystems, Inc. (“Planck”) Word for word“We acquired Telerob in May 2021, Planck Aerosystems, Inc. (“Planck”) in August 2022, and Tomahawk Robotics, Inc. (“Tomahawk”) in September 2023.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	August 2022	—
Tomahawk Robotics, Inc. (“Tomahawk”) Word for word“We acquired Telerob in May 2021, Planck Aerosystems, Inc. (“Planck”) in August 2022, and Tomahawk Robotics, Inc. (“Tomahawk”) in September 2023.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	September 2023	—
BlueHalo Financing Topco, LLC ("BlueHalo") Word for word“On May 1, 2025, we closed our acquisition of BlueHalo, a Delaware limited liability company, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 18, 2024 (the "Merger Agreement" by and among us, Archangel Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Merger Sub"), BlueHalo, and BlueHalo Holdings Parent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and sole member of BlueHalo ("Seller").” 10-K for 2025	agreed acquisition	On May 1, 2025	—
BlueHalo Financing Topco, LLC Word for word“The complexity of our business has increased significantly over the last several years, most recently with the closing of our acquisition of BlueHalo in May 2025 and Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. (“ESAero”) in March 2026.” 10-K for 2026	acquisition	May 2025	—
Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. (ESAero) Word for word“In March 2026, we closed our acquisition of ESAero, the most recent in a series of acquisitions beginning in February 2021, with the acquisition of Arcturus and the Intelligent Systems Group business segment (“ISG”).” 10-K for 2026	acquisition	March 2026	—
Planck Aerosystems, Inc. Word for word“We then acquired Telerob in May 2021, Planck Aerosystems, Inc. (“Planck”) in August 2022, Tomahawk Robotics, Inc. (“Tomahawk”) in September 2023 and BlueHalo in May 2025.” 10-K for 2026	acquisition	August 2022	—
Tomahawk Robotics, Inc. Word for word“We then acquired Telerob in May 2021, Planck Aerosystems, Inc. (“Planck”) in August 2022, Tomahawk Robotics, Inc. (“Tomahawk”) in September 2023 and BlueHalo in May 2025.” 10-K for 2026	acquisition	September 2023	—

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	Cash received from selling businesses	Goodwill from acquisitions
2017-04-30	$430,000	—	$122,000
2019-04-30	—	$32 million	—
2021-04-30	—	—	$307.9 million
2022-04-30	—	—	$20.1 million
2023-04-30	—	—	$1.6 million
2024-04-30	—	—	$95.4 million
2026-04-30	—	—	$2.48 billion

Deal filings since 2016

2025-12-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2025-07-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2025-05-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2025-05-01 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2025-04-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-11-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-10-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-10-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-10-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-09-18 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2023-08-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-11-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-03-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-02-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-06-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-06-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-05-04 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2021-02-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-02-22 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2021-01-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-12-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-06-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-05-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-12-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-04-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-03-25 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-11-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-07-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-07-03 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2018-06-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-04-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-01-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-06-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

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