AeroVironment (AVAV) Research & Development (2010 - 2026)

AeroVironment (AVAV) has 17 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $27.1 million in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 20.51% year-over-year to $27.1 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at $121.1 million (up 9.22% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $100.7 million, up 3.11% from the prior year.
• Research & Development for Q1 2026 stood at $27.1 million, down from $36.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $36.0 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $13.0 million in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Research & Development is $22.5 million (2025), against an average of $22.7 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Research & Development surged 113.03%; it then retreated 28.99% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $16.6 million in 2022, then surged by 32.75% to $22.0 million in 2023, then surged by 30.38% to $28.7 million in 2024, then increased by 25.34% to $36.0 million in 2025, then dropped by 24.67% to $27.1 million in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $27.1 million (Q1 2026), $36.0 million (Q4 2025), and $33.1 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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