AeroVironment awarded $43M DoW contract over PANTHER phased array antenna

The Department of War Test Resource Management Center has awarded AeroVironment (AVAV) a three-year, $43M contract to integrate its PANTHER, or Phased Array Next-gen Telemetry Hypersonic Emitter Receiver, phased array antenna system on DoW SkyRange platforms. This program will enhance the nation’s weapons testing capabilities and accelerate testing timelines by delivering rapidly deployable antenna systems to track multiple targets simultaneously. “As near-peer threats evolve and global tensions rise, our country is developing the technologies required to maintain military dominance-and the next-generation tracking and telemetry tools to support them,” said Mary Clum, President of AV’s Space, Cyber & Directed Energy segment. “Alongside our customers at TRMC and across the War Department, AV is transforming the nation’s security testing infrastructure with defense tech innovation to address growing threats.”