Published mark
AeroVironment Inc
NASDAQ: AVAV. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.
US
Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4
- SEC CIK
- 0001368622
- Record version
- vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 17, 2026
- Newest evidence
- May 3, 2026
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- Wahid NawabiSince Aug 13, 2025
- Chair
- Not published
- Independent
- 7 / 1010 directors published
- Published claims
- 323 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 90 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 3 distinct sources and 9 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
EXECUTIVE APPOINTED
Bradley Truesdell executive of AeroVironment Inc, effective 2025-08-13.
EffectiveEffective Aug 13, 2025E3
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
Evidence| Role | Person | Since | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer | Bradley Truesdell | Aug 2025 | current | Source reportedE3 |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Kevin McDonnell | Aug 2025 | current | Source reportedE4 |
| Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary | Melissa Brown | Aug 2025 | current | Source reportedE5 |
| President, Autonomous Systems | Trace Stevenson | Aug 2025 | current | Source reportedE6 |
| Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer | Wahid Nawabi | Aug 2025 | current | Source reportedE7 |
| President, Space, Cyber Directed Energy | William James Ferguson, III | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE8 |
Board of directors
Evidence10 directors published. 7 of 10 with a published determination are independent.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admiral Philip S. Davidson | Independent | 2023 | Audit | Source reportedE2 |
| Charles Thomas Burbage | Independent | 2013 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Cindy K. Lewis | Independent | 2021 | Audit | Source reportedE2 |
| David Wodlinger | Not independent | 2025 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Edward R. Muller | Independent | 2013 | Audit, chairAudit · Chair; CompensationCompensation | Source reportedE2 |
| General Joseph L. Votel | Independent | 2023 | Compensation | Source reportedE2 |
| Henry Albers | Not independent | 2025 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Honorable Mary Beth Long | Independent | 2023 | Nominating and Governance | Source reportedE2 |
| Stephen F. Page | Independent | 2013 | AuditAudit; Nominating and Governance · ChairNominating and Governance, chair | Source reportedE2 |
| Wahid Nawabi | Not independent | 2016 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit | Edward R. Muller | Edward R. Muller, Admiral Philip S. Davidson, Cindy K. Lewis, Stephen F. Page | Not described in the published record |
| Audit · Chair; Compensation | Not published | Edward R. Muller | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Nominating and Governance · Chair | Not published | Stephen F. Page | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation | Not published | Edward R. Muller, General Joseph L. Votel | Not described in the published record |
| Nominating and Governance | Stephen F. Page | Stephen F. Page, Honorable Mary Beth Long | Not described in the published record |
Committee RecordAudit: Chair Edward R. Muller; Members Edward R. Muller (Chair); Admiral Philip S. Davidson; Cindy K. Lewis; Stephen F. Page
Committee AppointmentEdward R. Muller: chair, Audit
Committee AppointmentAdmiral Philip S. Davidson: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentCindy K. Lewis: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentStephen F. Page: member, Audit
Committee RecordCompensation: Chair not stated; Members Edward R. Muller; General Joseph L. Votel
Committee AppointmentEdward R. Muller: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentGeneral Joseph L. Votel: member, Compensation
Committee RecordNominating and Governance: Chair Stephen F. Page; Members Stephen F. Page (Chair); Honorable Mary Beth Long
Committee AppointmentStephen F. Page: chair, Nominating and Governance
Committee AppointmentHonorable Mary Beth Long: member, Nominating and Governance
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Authority to act
Evidence and agent registryWho can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.
Principal executive officerWahid Nawabi, Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer, from Aug 13, 2025
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
Financials and market context
EvidenceSecurity ListingAVAV (NASDAQ)
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 17, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.
Governance and policies
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Legal NameAeroVironment Inc
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Published FactUS
Published FactIndustrials
Not yet in this record
CoverageA gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.
- Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
- OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
- FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
- CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
- GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
- Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
- AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
- LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
- RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
- CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
- AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
- Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- Bradley TruesdellExecutive Vice President and Chief Operations Officercompany:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4:leadership_role:16
- Kevin McDonnellExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officercompany:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4:leadership_role:17
- Melissa BrownExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretarycompany:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4:leadership_role:18
- Trace StevensonPresident, Autonomous Systemscompany:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4:leadership_role:19
- Wahid NawabiChair, President and Chief Executive Officercompany:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4:leadership_role:20
- William James Ferguson, IIIPresident, Space, Cyber Directed Energycompany:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4:leadership_role:21
- Admiral Philip S. DavidsonDirectorcompany:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4:leadership_role:6
- Charles Thomas BurbageDirectorcompany:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4:leadership_role:7
- Cindy K. LewisDirectorcompany:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4:leadership_role:8
- David WodlingerDirectorcompany:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4:leadership_role:9
- Edward R. MullerDirectorcompany:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4:leadership_role:10
- General Joseph L. VotelDirectorcompany:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4:leadership_role:11
- Henry AlbersDirectorcompany:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4:leadership_role:12
- Honorable Mary Beth LongDirectorcompany:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4:leadership_role:13
- Stephen F. PageDirectorcompany:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4:leadership_role:14
- Wahid NawabiDirectorcompany:a39ce65f-2956-477b-a584-e4ad552064b4:leadership_role:15
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 9 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
- Never published
- Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
- Record claimed
- No
- Open disputes
- 0
- Identity ownership
- unclaimed
Claiming not yet available
If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.
Evidence
Authority and rights- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 17, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
- E2sec proxy. Published Aug 13, 2025. Retrieved Apr 24, 2026. Cited by 10 Claims.
- E3sec filing. Published Aug 13, 2025. Retrieved May 14, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E4sec filing. Published Aug 13, 2025. Retrieved May 14, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E5sec filing. Published Aug 13, 2025. Retrieved May 14, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E6sec filing. Published Aug 13, 2025. Retrieved May 14, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E7sec filing. Published Aug 13, 2025. Retrieved May 14, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E8AVAV executive roster sourcesec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E9board_seats. board seats. Cited by 11 Claims.
What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 17, 2026- Bradley Truesdell executive of AeroVironment Inc, effective 2025-08-13.
- Kevin McDonnell executive of AeroVironment Inc, effective 2025-08-13.
- Melissa Brown executive of AeroVironment Inc, effective 2025-08-13.
- Trace Stevenson executive of AeroVironment Inc, effective 2025-08-13.
- Wahid Nawabi executive of AeroVironment Inc, effective 2025-08-13.
- David Wodlinger seat on AeroVironment Inc, effective 2025-01-01.
- Henry Albers seat on AeroVironment Inc, effective 2025-01-01.
- Admiral Philip S. Davidson seat on AeroVironment Inc, effective 2023-01-01.
- General Joseph L. Votel seat on AeroVironment Inc, effective 2023-01-01.
- Honorable Mary Beth Long seat on AeroVironment Inc, effective 2023-01-01.
- Admiral Philip S. Davidson member of Audit, effective 2023-01-01.
- Honorable Mary Beth Long member of Nominating and Governance, effective 2023-01-01.
- Cindy K. Lewis seat on AeroVironment Inc, effective 2021-01-01.
- Wahid Nawabi seat on AeroVironment Inc, effective 2016-01-01.
- Charles Thomas Burbage seat on AeroVironment Inc, effective 2013-01-01.
- Edward R. Muller seat on AeroVironment Inc, effective 2013-01-01.
- Stephen F. Page seat on AeroVironment Inc, effective 2013-01-01.
- Audit · Chair; Compensation committee of AeroVironment Inc, effective 2013-01-01.
- Edward R. Muller member of Audit · Chair; Compensation, effective 2013-01-01.
- Audit; Nominating and Governance · Chair committee of AeroVironment Inc, effective 2013-01-01.
- Stephen F. Page member of Audit; Nominating and Governance · Chair, effective 2013-01-01.