<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001567619-19-019295.txt : 20191007
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20191007155325
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-19-019295
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190927
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191007
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191007

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Roelke Alison Marie
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001790262

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33261
		FILM NUMBER:		191140899

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		900 INNOVATORS WAY
		CITY:			SIMI VALLEY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93065

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AeroVironment Inc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001368622
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AIRCRAFT [3721]
		IRS NUMBER:				952705790
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		900 INNOVATORS WAY
		CITY:			SIMI VALLEY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93065
		BUSINESS PHONE:		805 520 8350

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		900 INNOVATORS WAY
		CITY:			SIMI VALLEY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93065
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        <footnote id="F1">This amount includes 2,724 unvested shares of restricted common stock, of which 891 shares shall vest on July 11, 2020? 719 shares shall vest in 2 equal installments on each of January 4, 2020 and 2021? 674 shares shall vest on July 11, 2021? and 440 shares shall vest on July 11, 2022.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Kasey Hannah, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-10-07</signatureDate>
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  <div style="text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 11.4pt;">The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Melissa Brown, Gabriel Militello and Kasey Hannah, signing
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    substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
    granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with
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