AeroVironment awarded $30M contract to provide Puma systems stack for Germany
AeroVironment announced that the German Bundeswehr, through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency - NSPA - under the UAS Partnership, has selected AV's next-generation Puma family of unmanned aircraft systems or UAS for the Luftgestutzte Aufklarung mit Unbemannten Systemen, or LARUS, airborne reconnaissance program. The purchase order, valued at $30.9M, provides Germany with a comprehensive portfolio of advanced Puma All Environment and Puma Long Endurance capabilities in a single, integrated package. Under the NSPA purchase order, AV will deliver a full suite of advanced payloads, ground control technologies, communications, and autonomy kits to support Germany's small tactical UAS requirements for LARUS. Deliveries are required no later than late 2026. Germany has previously fielded Puma AE, but this effort expands both capacity and capability.
AeroVironment announced that the German Bundeswehr, through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency - NSPA - under the UAS Partnership, has selected AV's next-generation Puma family of unmanned aircraft systems or UAS for the Luftgestutzte Aufklarung mit Unbemannten Systemen, or LARUS, airborne reconnaissance program.
The purchase order, valued at $30.9M, provides Germany with a comprehensive portfolio of advanced Puma All Environment and Puma Long Endurance capabilities in a single, integrated package.
Under the NSPA purchase order, AV will deliver a full suite of advanced payloads, ground control technologies, communications, and autonomy kits to support Germany's small tactical UAS requirements for LARUS.
Deliveries are required no later than late 2026.
Germany has previously fielded Puma AE, but this effort expands both capacity and capability.