AeroVironment acquires aerospace engineering firm ESAero for $200 million, expanding its capabilities in unmanned aircraft.

SLO-based Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc., an aerospace engineering firm, has been acquired by AeroVironment, Inc. for $200 million.

AeroVironment has acquired Empirical Systems Aerospace, or ESAero, a producer of unmanned aircraft systems and advanced air mobility platforms, or AAM, in a deal valued at approximately $200 million.

AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced that it has acquired Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. (“ESAero”), a leading producer of ...

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The Alabama airman killed in the Iraq crash has been identified by his wife as Alex Klinner, who has set up a GoFundMe in his name.

An Auburn graduate and father of three from Trussville was among six killed in an Air Force mission over Iraq.