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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-25-012402
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250501
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250508
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250508

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ferguson James William III
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002067072
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33261
		FILM NUMBER:		25927895

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		410 JAN DAVIS DRIVE
		CITY:			HUNTSVILLE
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35806

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AeroVironment Inc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001368622
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AIRCRAFT [3721]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				952705790
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		241 18TH STREET SOUTH, SUITE 650
		CITY:			ARLINGTON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		805 520 8350

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		241 18TH STREET SOUTH, SUITE 650
		CITY:			ARLINGTON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22202
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        <issuerName>AeroVironment Inc</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AVAV</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Ferguson James William III</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 650</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ARLINGTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>VA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>22202</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Executive Vice President</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>46981</value>
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    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Colby Petersen, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-05-08</signatureDate>
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<p style="margin:0px" align="center"><b>&nbsp;</b></p>
<p style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="center"><b><u>Edgar Form ID Documentation</u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0px" align="center">POWER OF ATTORNEY</p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="center"><i>(To be Completed by Individual Filer)</i></p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px" align="justify">KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned (the "Filer"), hereby constitutes and appoints Karen Pitzi, William Myer, Suki Chen, Lauren Watson and Nancy McLellan, and each of them, as the Filer<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents and on the Filer<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s behalf and in the Filer<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s name, place and stead, in all cases with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities, with specific legal authority to submit a Form ID Application and/or Passphrase Update Application and/or Request to Convert from Paper to Electronic Filer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and/or to obtain access codes to file on EDGAR and/or to serve as the Filer<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s account administrator, and grants them full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as the Filer might or could do, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px" align="justify">Further, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Melissa Brown and Colby Petersen, and each of them, as the Filer<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents and on the Filer<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s behalf and in the Filer<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s name, place and stead, in all cases with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities, with specific legal authority to serve as the Filer<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s account administrator on EDGAR, and grants them full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as the Filer might or could do, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</p>
<p style="margin:0px" align="justify"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px" align="justify">The undersigned hereby represents that he has not., she has not, or they have not been criminally convicted as a result of a federal or state securities law violation, or civilly or administratively enjoined, barred, suspended, or banned in any capacity (e.g., officer or director bar, prohibition from associating with brokers, dealers, investment advisers, and/or other securities entities, or bar from participation in certain industries), as a result of a federal or state securities law violation.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney on this 25<sup>th</sup> day of April, 2025</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:48px" align="center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>&nbsp;JAMES WILLIAM FERGUSON III</u></p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:192px; text-indent:48px">JAMES WILLIAM FERGUSON III</p>
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