{"id":68362,"date":"2024-11-19T18:43:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T18:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/11\/19\/aerovironment-to-acquire-bluehalo-known-for-drone-swarm-tech-for-4b\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:16:22","slug":"aerovironment-to-acquire-bluehalo-known-for-drone-swarm-tech-for-4b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2024\/11\/19\/aerovironment-to-acquire-bluehalo-known-for-drone-swarm-tech-for-4b\/","title":{"rendered":"AeroVironment to acquire BlueHalo for $4.1 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Editor\u2019s note: The headline on this story was updated Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, to reflect that AeroVironment is acquiring BlueHalo for $4.1 billion.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AeroVironment, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/10\/16\/aerovironment-pitches-army-drone-for-quick-battlefield-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\">leading drone manufacturer<\/a>, announced Tuesday its plans to acquire BlueHalo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/unmanned\/2022\/03\/01\/us-army-to-demo-offensive-drone-swarms-in-next-project-convergence\/\" target=\"_blank\">well-known for its drone swarm<\/a> and counter-drone technology, for roughly $4.1 billion through an all-stock transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe acquisition of BlueHalo will create a diversified Defense Tech company with a highly complementary and differentiated portfolio of solutions in Uncrewed Systems, short and long range Loitering Munitions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2024\/08\/07\/counter-drone-missile-competition-possible-in-2025-army-officials-say\/\" target=\"_blank\">Counter UAS,<\/a> Space Technologies, Electronic Warfare and Cyber, powered by AI and Autonomy,\u201d according to a joint statement from the companies. \u201cThis combination will drive innovation, expand manufacturing capacity and enable us to better support our customers and their critical missions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BlueHalo\u2019s portfolio consists of \u201c10 flagship solution families\u201d and more than 100 patents, the statement lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor over 50 years, AV has pioneered innovative solutions on the battlefield, and today we are poised to usher in the next era of defense technology through our combination with BlueHalo,\u201d Wahid Nawabi, AV\u2019s CEO, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BlueHalo has \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2023\/08\/08\/pentagons-counter-drone-office-to-demo-swarm-destruction-in-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\">pioneered solutions for drone warfare,<\/a> distributed autonomy, and the need for more robust and assured access to space in an increasingly contested, crowded and competitive domain,\u201d Jonathan Moneymaker, BlueHalo CEO, said. \u201cBy uniting with AV, we are building an organization equipped to meet emerging defense priorities and deliver purpose-driven, state-of-the-art solutions with unmatched speed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AeroVironment provides a number of unmanned aircraft systems and loitering munitions to the U.S. military and to other customers. A number of the company\u2019s capabilities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2024\/10\/17\/as-ukraine-builds-better-drones-do-american-firms-still-have-a-role\/\" target=\"_blank\">have been sent to Ukraine <\/a>to aid its fight to beat back Russia\u2019s invasion, such as the Switchblade loitering munition, the Puma UAS and Jump 20 tactical UAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2021\/01\/15\/aerovironment-buys-arcturus-uav-405m-deal\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg_3ad479.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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