Contract: AeroVironment, $39M

AeroVironment, Simi Valley, Calif., was awarded a $39,003,452 contract for logistics support for the Raven RQ-11B Unmanned Aircraft System. Work is to be performed in Simi Valley, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2010. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 02/03/09) Gulf Coast note: AeroVironment has an operation in Navarre, Fla.