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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0002093054-25-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20251024
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251031
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251031

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			McDaniel Clum Mary Elizabeth
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002093054
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33261
		FILM NUMBER:		251441722

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		241 18TH ST
		STREET 2:		SUITE 650
		CITY:			ARLINGTON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22202

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:		(703) 418-2828

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		241 18TH STREET SOUTH, SUITE 650
		CITY:			ARLINGTON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22202
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:0.533px; padding-right:72.933px" align="center">POWER OF ATTORNEY</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:23.133px; padding-right:93.933px; text-indent:48.933px" align="justify">KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned (the <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font><i>Filer</i><font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>), hereby constitutes and appoints Melissa Brown, Maryann Surrick 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's behalf and in the Filer'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'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; padding-left:22.667px; padding-right:94.533px; text-indent:48.467px" align="justify">Further, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Melissa Brown, Maryann Surrick 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'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>
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:22.333px; padding-right:95.6px; text-indent:48.133px" 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; padding-left:22.333px; padding-right:95.6px; text-indent:48.133px" align="justify">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney on this 15<sup>th</sup> of October, 2025.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:6.067px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:288px">___<u>/s/ Mary McDaniel Clum</u>______</p>
<p style="margin-top:6.067px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:288px">Mary McDaniel Clum</p>
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