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Arlingtonw VA (SPX) May 04, 2023 - AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) has been awarded a $10 million contract by NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to co-design and co-develop conceptual designs and engineering development units

It's been two years since humanity has learned that sustained, powered flight is possible in the atmosphere of an alien planet. Sure, you could say ...

The success of Ingenuity Mars helicopter, co-designed and co-developed by AeroVironment and NASA/JPL, lays the foundation for the development of the Sample Recovery Helicopters AeroVironment, Inc.

 AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) has been awarded a $10 million contract by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to co-design and co-develop conceptual designs and engineering development units of Mars Sample Recovery Helicopter flight systems. Future efforts could include detailed design, build, and test of qualification and flight hardware. The helicopters build upon the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter design heritage…

The small aircraft would retrieve samples and get them off planet.

NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is at risk of being delayed over a lack of funding as the space agency is requesting for additional budget to push through the timeline.

The space agency needs an additional $250 million this fiscal year to make sure the Martian mission stays on schedule to launch in 2028.

NASA’s quest to return rocky samples from the surface of Mars to Earth in 2033 is already running up the bill, with the project needing a lot more

Who doesnt love a little bonus bureaucracy?

NASA’s Perseverance rover puts its robotic arm to work around a rocky outcrop called “Skinner Ridge” in Mars’ Jezero Crater. Composed of multiple images, this