Contract: AeroVironment, $7M

Aerovironment Inc. of Monrovia, Calif., is being awarded a $7 million modification to an existing contract increasing the contract maximum to $10 million for updated DDL compliant Raven B small unmanned aerial vehicle spares and retrofit kits in support of the U.S. Special Operations Command program executive office - fixed wing. The work will be performed in Simi Valley, Calif., and is expected to be completed by August 2011. (Source: DoD, 06/01/09) Gulf Coast note: AeroVironment has an operation in Navarre, Fla.