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              <div><strong><font size="2">Item 1.01</font></strong></div>
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      September 24, 2007, United States Special Operations Command, or USSOCOM,
      awarded AeroVironment, Inc. a three-year contract to develop and deliver a
      Global Observer aircraft to demonstrate the ability to operate an aircraft
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      initiates a Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration, or JCTD.&#160; The JCTD
      is sponsored by multiple U.S. government organizations, with USSOCOM designated
      as the Technical Manager to lead the JCTD by the Deputy Under Secretary of
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      for the development and delivery of the initial Global Observer aircraft with
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      contract also includes options for the development and delivery of up to two
      additional Global Observer aircraft and one additional launch and recovery
      element, resulting in a total potential contract value of approximately $108
      million.&#160;&#160;Specific deliverables under the contract, including certain
      software and intellectual property related to Global Observer&#8217;s power and
      propulsion system, will be separately funded and owned by
      AeroVironment.&#160;&#160;Tooling and other capital required for aircraft
      manufacturing will also be separately funded and owned by
      AeroVironment.</font></div>
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      September 26, 2007, AeroVironment, Inc. issued a press release announcing the
      award described above.&#160;&#160;A copy of the press release is attached hereto
      as Exhibit 99.1. The information contained in Item 7.01 of this Current Report,
      including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; for
      purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
      or
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      not
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      before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation
      language in such filing.</font></div>
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form8k.htm
UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 20549
FORM
      8-K
CURRENT
      REPORT
Pursuant
      to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
      1934
Date
      of
      Report (Date of earliest event reported):  September 24,
      2007
AEROVIRONMENT,
      INC.
(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-33261
95-2705790
(State
                or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission
                File Number)
(I.R.S.
                Employer Identification No.)
______________________
181 W. Huntington
                Drive, Suite 202
Monrovia,
                CA
91016
(Address
                of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip
                Code)
Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code:
(626)
      357-9983
Check
      the
      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
      satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
      provisions (
see
General Instruction A.2. below):
¨
Written
                communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
                CFR
                230.425)
¨
Soliciting
                material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
                240.14a-12)
¨
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                communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange ct (17
                CFR
                240.14d-2(B))
¨
Pre-commencement
                communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)) under the Exchange Act
                (17 CFR
                240.13e-4c))
Item 1.01
Entry
                into a Material Definitive
                Agreement.
On
      September 24, 2007, United States Special Operations Command, or USSOCOM,
      awarded AeroVironment, Inc. a three-year contract to develop and deliver a
      Global Observer aircraft to demonstrate the ability to operate an aircraft
      in
      the stratosphere for up to seven days without landing.  This contract
      initiates a Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration, or JCTD.  The JCTD
      is sponsored by multiple U.S. government organizations, with USSOCOM designated
      as the Technical Manager to lead the JCTD by the Deputy Under Secretary of
      Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts.
The
      base
      contract, which will be funded under a cost-plus fixed-fee arrangement, provides
      for the development and delivery of the initial Global Observer aircraft with
      a
      launch recovery element, and is valued at approximately $57 million.  The
      contract also includes options for the development and delivery of up to two
      additional Global Observer aircraft and one additional launch and recovery
      element, resulting in a total potential contract value of approximately $108
      million.  Specific deliverables under the contract, including certain
      software and intellectual property related to Global Observer's power and
      propulsion system, will be separately funded and owned by
      AeroVironment.  Tooling and other capital required for aircraft
      manufacturing will also be separately funded and owned by
      AeroVironment.
Item 7.01
Regulation
                FD Disclosure.
On
      September 26, 2007, AeroVironment, Inc. issued a press release announcing the
      award described above.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto
      as Exhibit 99.1. The information contained in Item 7.01 of this Current Report,
      including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for
      purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
      or
      otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Such information shall
      not
      be incorporated by reference into any filing of the registrant, whether made
      before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation
      language in such filing.
Item
                9.01
Financial
                Statements and Exhibits.
(c)           Exhibits.
The
      following exhibits are filed herewith:
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
Press
                release issued by AeroVironment, Inc., dated September 26,
                2007.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
      has
      duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
      duly authorized.
AEROVIRONMENT,
      INC.
Date:           September
      26,
      2007
By:
/s/
      Timothy E.
      Conver
Timothy
      E.
      Conver
Chairman,
      President and Chief Executive Officer