AeroVironment's MacCready Works Receives Contract To Co-Design, Co-Manufacture Three Mars Helicopters For NASA's SkyFall Mission With Jet Propulsion Laboratory

AeroVironment, Inc. ("AV"), a global defense technology leader, today announced that its MacCready Works advanced solutions team has been awarded a contract for the co-design and co-manufacture of three Mars helicopters for NASA’s SkyFall mission with the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), taking the project from future concept to a formally funded Mars science mission and a path toward launch in late 2028.