AEVEX Timeline

Events

• 2026-10-21 - Market Signal - AEVEX disputes GARC order-halt reports and outlines continuing Navy work - The acquired BlackSea business fulfilled its 2025 delivery obligation with 325 GARC vessels. The US Navy’s GARC fleet has logged more than 25,000 cumulative on-water operating hours. Current contract work includes new mission packages, while Chaser and Comet… - source: 6ix.com
• 2026-10-08 - Contract Award - VideoRay selected for AEVEX-led Navy mine-countermeasure prototype - The Defender launched and recovered autonomously from an unmanned surface vessel, with operators supervising from a ground control station. Trials covered target investigation, simulated neutralisation and post-action assessment, alongside autonomous vessel… - source: investor.avinc.com
• 2026-09-23 - Product Launch - AEVEX announces Specter jet-powered autonomous UAS under development - A swappable nose is designed to accommodate kinetic, non-kinetic, electronic-warfare and ISR payloads. AEVEX says the architecture draws on its CompassX autonomy stack and experience from thousands of fielded unmanned systems. Divergent’s DAPS digital… - source: businesswire.com
• 2026-09-09 - Contract Award - AEVEX secures $20.5M in one-way attack system awards - The awards combine system deliveries with engineering, development and integration work for future capability. AEVEX says the systems will support both operational and training environments. The company ties the work to its autonomy software, modular… - source: businesswire.com
• 2026-09-08 - Acquisition - AEVEX completes acquisition of BlackSea Technologies - BlackSea reports more than 350 uncrewed surface vehicles delivered and over 25,000 operational hours. Its Baltimore facility can produce roughly 40 USVs per month. The transaction was announced Aug. 12; this event records the Sept. 8 closing. - source: aevex.com
• 2026-09-02 - Partnership - AEVEX and Divergent collaborate on scalable autonomous UAS production - The work combines AEVEX unmanned-system requirements and integration experience with Divergent's DAPS manufacturing platform. DAPS integrates AI-enabled design optimization, additive manufacturing, robotic assembly and model-driven certification. The… - source: businesswire.com
• 2026-08-25 - Contract Award - AEVEX receives $77.77M U.S. Army Casper systems IDIQ - The award covers Casper 1 and Casper 3 uncrewed systems plus associated support equipment. Field-service representatives are included in the contract scope. The official contract notice gives a January 31, 2027 completion date. - source: war.gov
• 2026-08-20 - Contract Award - AEVEX receives $41M one-way attack systems award - The award covers delivery of one-way attack systems and draws on AEVEX design, engineering and manufacturing capabilities. AEVEX described the contract as a new government award supporting U.S. government customers. - source: businesswire.com
• 2026-08-12 - Acquisition - AEVEX agrees to acquire BlackSea Technologies for up to $650 million - The proposed consideration comprises about $250 million in cash, $350 million in AEVEX stock and an earnout of up to $50 million. BlackSea develops uncrewed surface and underwater vehicles and reports manufacturing capacity of roughly 40 USVs per month. The… - source: businesswire.com
• 2026-07-28 - Commercial Order - AEVEX secures $88.1m in precision-strike production orders - The awards cover production of long-range precision-strike systems for undisclosed U.S. government customers. The disclosed $88.1 million is the combined value of the new orders, separate from AEVEX's other 2026 awards. - source: aevex.com
• 2026-06-30 - Contract Award - AEVEX wins $50M U.S. Air Force unmanned mission-support contract - The contract includes $27 million in initial funding. AEVEX described the award as support for operationally meaningful unmanned-system capabilities. - source: aevex.com
• 2026-05-18 - Contract Award - AEVEX wins $18.5 million U.S. Air Force one-way-attack contract - The production contract also includes support by AEVEX engineering and field services teams. The order supports deployment of AEVEX’s additive ‑ manufactured Group 3 unmanned aircraft systems , which leverage advanced 3D‑printing processes to enable scalable… - source: uasvision.com
• 2026-05-13 - Contract Award - AEVEX secures $18.5 million U.S. Air Force order for UAS and engineering services - AEVEX secured an $18.5 million order to deliver unmanned aircraft systems and engineering services to the U.S. Air Force. The order supports additive-manufactured Group 3 UAS designed for scalable production and rapid fielding. AEVEX positioned the work… - source: aevex.com
• 2026-05-05 - Partnership - AEVEX joins Persistent Systems Wave Relay ecosystem - AEVEX is integrating Wave Relay networking into its Atlas unmanned aircraft and Mako and Mako Lite unmanned surface vessels. The integration is intended to connect air, surface and ground nodes through one mobile ad hoc network. Persistent Systems positioned… - source: persistentsystems.com
• 2026-04-07 - Contract Award - X-Bow wins $12.2 million AEVEX drone propulsion contract - The production contract is valued at $12.2 million. X-Bow will deliver hundreds of kits and thousands of motors and components. The programme uses X-Bow's RATO2 system and additive-manufactured solid propellant. - source: prnewswire.com
• 2025-08-05 - Facility Opening - AEVEX launches Drone Factory of the Future after RapidFlight asset acquisition - AEVEX announced a Drone Factory of the Future after acquiring RapidFlight assets. The move added manufacturing and digital-production capacity for uncrewed-aircraft programmes. - source: aevex.com
• 2025-04-30 - Product Launch - TSC launches Nathusius commercial unmanned aircraft - The aircraft combines autonomous takeoff and landing with semi-autonomous point-and-click operation. Internal payload storage and provision for customer-selected sense-and-avoid technologies support mission customization. Target applications include maritime… - source: tsc.com