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Subsequent Events
3 Months Ended
Jul. 30, 2022
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Subsequent Events

21. Subsequent Events

On August 17, 2022 the Company closed its acquisition of Planck Aerosystems, Inc. (“Planck”), a leading provider of advanced unmanned aircraft navigation solutions based in San Diego, California. Pursuant to the purchase agreement, the Company paid a total purchase price of $5,600,000 from cash-on-hand for certain assets of Planck. Planck is a small technology company and post-acquisition will be incorporated into AeroVironment’s MUAS segment to focus on integrating its flight autonomy solutions, such as ACE™, or Autonomous Control Engine, into the Company’s offerings to enable safe, autonomous takeoff and landing from moving platforms on land or at sea in GPS-denied environments. Other solutions include AVEM™, a fully integrated mobile tethered sensor platform designed for persistent autonomous operation from moving vehicles and vessels in any environment, and a suite of machine-learning object detection and tracking systems that are customized for specific end-user needs.