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The William J. Donovan Award® Dinner, the preeminent annual gathering of the U.S. Intelligence and Special Operations communities that honors Americans who have served at the “tip of the spear” as our nation’s first line of defense will be held in Washington, DC, on October 17, 2026.
This year’s recipient of the William J. Donovan Award® is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, USAF. Gen. Bryan Fenton, USA (Ret.), the 13th Commander of the US Special Operations Command and the 2025 recipient of the William J. Donovan Award®, will present the award to Gen. Caine. We will also honor Amb. Joseph DeTrani, Raymond Kelly, and Taylor Sheridan.
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AeroVironment’s Stock Is Down, But Drone Demand Is Taking Off
Written by Jeffrey Neal Johnson on July 21, 2026
Key Points
- AeroVironment is positioned around a defense spending shift toward drones, autonomous systems and tactical battlefield technology.
- The company’s latest results showed strong revenue growth and a larger backlog, even as prior contract uncertainty weighed on the stock.
- Investors may see opportunity if AeroVironment can turn demand for tactical drone systems into sustained profitability.
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Modern infantry doctrine is undergoing a rapid, radical rewrite in front of investors. If investors watch how global conflicts are playing out today, they see a clear departure from heavy, slow-moving legacy armor. The physical economy of defense is heavily shifting toward agile, autonomous platforms. Militaries across the globe are realizing that expensive tanks and traditional ground vehicles are highly vulnerable to cheap, precision-guided munitions. This realization is forcing defense departments to rethink how they allocate their capital, prioritizing systems that provide asymmetric advantages on the battlefield.
For investors keeping a close eye on defense spending, this structural pivot opens a unique window. Defense budgets are actively shifting capital away from traditional heavy machinery and toward autonomous robotics and advanced loitering munitions. Investors are witnessing a generational recapitalization, where software and adaptable hardware are replacing heavy steel. Understanding this macroeconomic backdrop is critical because it dictates where government funding will flow for the next decade.
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Pinpointing the Premier Autonomous Pure-Play
The United States military is not ignoring this global shift. The Pentagon’s Replicator initiative encapsulates this transformation, mandating the rapid deployment of thousands of attritable, uncrewed systems designed to swarm and overwhelm adversaries in contested environments. The mandate is clear, and the defense department is seeking commercial partners capable of delivering reliable technology at an unprecedented scale.
Right at the intersection of this capital rotation sits AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV), a defense pure-play specializing in tactical uncrewed aerial systems. While prime contractors build billion-dollar fighter jets, AeroVironment builds the tactical, autonomous tools that are actually deployed by the modern infantry battalion on a daily basis. The market has heavily discounted AeroVironment this year, but underlying fundamentals and recent contract wins suggest a severe mispricing. When a structural shift in the physical economy meets a heavily misunderstood asset, investor analysts pay attention.
Tactical Upgrades: The MOSA Moat and Recurring Revenue
On July 20, 2026, AeroVironment secured a definitive $117.3 million Basic Ordering Agreement under the U.S. Army’s Long Range Reconnaissance program. This initial full-rate procurement order covers 82 P550 autonomous Group 2 eVTOL electric vertical take-off and landing systems.
While a nine-figure contract provides excellent revenue visibility, the real value lies in the technology the Army just validated. The P550 architecture relies heavily on a modular open systems approach, widely known as MOSA in the defense sector. In simple terms, MOSA allows military operators in the field to hot-swap payloads, batteries, and sensors in under five minutes without specialized tools. Imagine operating a platform that lets you switch from a reconnaissance camera to an electronic warfare jammer right in the middle of a tactical operation.
This level of adaptability creates a significant economic moat for AeroVironment. When the military adopts a MOSA-compliant system, it locks in a long-term relationship with the manufacturer. Upgrades happen via new payloads rather than entirely new airframes, ensuring high-margin, recurring revenue streams for AeroVironment over the lifecycle of the P550 fleet.
The financial data backs up this aggressive expansion. In fiscal Q4 2026, AeroVironment delivered an impressive 133.3% year-over-year revenue expansion, printing $642 million on the top line. More importantly, AeroVironment maintained a healthy 19% EBITDA margin during that high-growth phase. AeroVironment currently has a funded government backlog of $1.2 to $2.7 billion. The demand for these systems is not theoretical; it is already contracted and awaiting delivery.
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Turbulence and Tailwinds: Accumulation in the Drop Zone
If AeroVironment is growing revenue by triple digits and securing major Army contracts, investors might wonder why the stock is down over 40% year-to-date, trading near $142 after opening the year above $241.
The aggressive drawdown stems from a localized regulatory headwind. In early 2026, the U.S. Space Force reopened the $1.7 billion Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource program, commonly known as SCAR, creating uncertainty around AeroVironment’s expected sole-source position on the program. Predictably, this sparked analyst downgrades regarding the 2030 long-term financial targets and triggered a wave of procedural class-action lawsuits ahead of a July 27 lead plaintiff deadline.
Markets hate uncertainty, and algorithmic trading models aggressively sold the news. However, this legal and procedural noise masks the fundamental strength of the core tactical drone business. The loss of single-vendor status on one space program does not negate the overwhelming demand for AeroVironment’s ground-based and aerial tactical systems.
Wall Street analysts are beginning to spot the discrepancy between the stock price and the underlying business fundamentals. On July 16, Raymond James upgraded AeroVironmentfrom Market Perform to Outperform, setting a $210 price target. The firm cited the accelerating defense backlog and a highly favorable risk-to-reward profile following the severe year-to-date pricing compression.
Institutions are quietly using the current weakness to accumulate shares. Recent filings show total shares owned by institutional investors increased by nearly 30% over the last quarter. When asset managers increase their positions by that magnitude during a 40% drawdown, it signals quiet, calculated accumulation. Options chain data currently reveals a decisively bullish put-to-call ratio of 0.60, indicating that derivatives traders are heavily positioning for an upside reversal rather than further downside.
Positioning for the Tactical Tech Boom
The broader unmanned aerial systems sector features incredibly varied risk profiles. Pure-play competitors like Red Cat Holdings (NASDAQ: RCAT) trade on extreme top-line momentum, generating 849% year-over-year revenue growth, but they operate with deeply negative free cash flow and low gross margins.
Others, like Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ: KTOS), offer high-beta exposure driven by target drones and attritable jet systems. Meanwhile, traditional prime contractors like Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) offer stability and a dividend yield, but lack the explosive growth potential of a smaller, agile tech firm.
AeroVironment occupies a unique middle ground. AeroVironment is scaling rapidly but still experiencing growing pains. Trailing net margins sit at -9%, reflecting the heavy capital expenditures required to expand manufacturing capacity to meet its multibillion-dollar backlog. AeroVironment must successfully transition from aggregating government contracts to delivering durable, bottom-line profitability.
The $117.3 million Army contract proves that the Department of Defense views AeroVironment as a premier supplier capable of meeting modern warfare demands. As global military budgets pivot away from legacy armor toward intelligent, scalable drone technologies, companies with verified government backlogs are positioned to capture significant market share. Investors with a higher risk tolerance might consider adding AeroVironment to their watchlist as the enterprise continues to convert its impressive backlog into realized revenue.
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CompanyCurrent PriceConsensus EPSActual EPSBeat/MissConsensus RevenueActual RevenueYoY Revenue GrowthReportAKZOYAkzo Nobel$22.18$0.45$0.41($0.04)$0.00$2.96 thousand→BKUBankUnited$45.38$1.00$0.97($0.03)$0.00$290.33→BMIBadger Meter$137.35$1.01$1.02$0.01$220.30$220.59-6.6%→CALMCal-Maine Foods$85.98$0.08($0.76)($0.84)$552.58$563.83→CHCOCity$137.83$2.22$2.35$0.13$0.00$80.65→CMECME Group$252.62$2.91$2.99$0.08$1.71 thousand$1.68 thousand.8%→DSDVYDSV$109.90$1.20$1.13($0.07)$0.00$0.00→EQNREquinor ASA$39.51$1.38$1.33($0.05)$34.02 thousand$34.03 thousand→FBPFirst BanCorp.$27.77$0.54$0.62$0.08$0.00$265.31→GEVGE Vernova$1,012.01$3.17$2.47($0.70)$11.10 thousand$10.78 thousand21.9%→HCSGHealthcare Services Group$23.65$0.22$0.32$0.10$470.81$471.22→IRDMIridium Communications$47.89$0.26$0.09($0.17)$225.24$220.323.8%→KKPNFKoninklijke KPN$4.72$0.07$0.06($0.01)$3.40 thousand$1.65 thousand→MCOMoody’s$493.37$4.26$4.68$0.42$2.19 thousand$2.09 thousand15.1%→NHYDYNorsk Hydro ASA$8.98$0.22$0.23$0.01$0.00$5.74 thousand→OBIIFObic$25.32$0.30$0.33$0.03$0.00$220.63→ONBOld National Bancorp$26.00$0.63$0.65$0.02$726.86$716.23→OTISOtis Worldwide$70.52$1.01$1.01$0.00$3.86 thousand$3.75 thousand7.3%→PFBCPreferred Bank$106.16$2.65$2.78$0.13$0.00$73.60→PHMPulteGroup$124.61$2.36$2.48$0.12$0.00$3.94 thousand-9.6%→PMPhilip Morris International$192.94$2.04$2.20$0.16$11.19 thousand$10.61 thousand→RANJYRandstad$20.61$0.35$0.36$0.01$0.00$6.60 thousand→RDYDr. Reddy’s Laboratories$11.62$0.09$0.06($0.03)$0.00$854.20→RPMRPM International$105.45$1.83$1.89$0.06$2.23 thousand$2.18 thousand→SCCOSouthern Copper$193.06$1.97$2.01$0.04$4.29 thousand$4.32 thousand40.6%→SFStifel Financial$78.20$1.33$1.42$0.09$1.45 thousand$1.42 thousand→SSAAYSSAB$5.14- $0.11- $0.00$0.00→TAT&T$22.97$0.59$0.65$0.06$31.56 thousand$31.80 thousand2.3%→TDYTeledyne Technologies$663.28$5.79$6.28$0.49$1.66 thousand$1.58 thousand9.8%→TELTE Connectivity$195.42$2.84$2.94$0.10$0.00$5.01 thousand13.8%→TNLTravel + Leisure$73.90$1.88$1.88$0.00$1.06 thousand$1.04 thousand→WABWabtec$293.61$2.60$2.76$0.16$3.18 thousand$3.07 thousand17.5%→America’s #1 investment opportunity today (100X growth) (ad)
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The daily examination of conscience is an ancient Catholic practice. It’s very simple, and it’s designed to help us identify our sins and weaknesses so that we can improve and grow stronger in the spiritual life, while providing an excellent ongoing preparation for regular Confession. It consists of taking a few minutes at the end of the day to prayerfully review our actions in the light of God’s commandments, followed by the Act of Contrition.1. Reflect on the victories and losses
Actively reflecting on the high and low points of the day can help you live more intentionally and bring a renewed sense of resolve into the following day.
- Review your actions, words, and thoughts today. Did you actively guard yourself against temptation? Where did sin creep in?
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- Ask Him for the graces necessary to follow His Will more purposefully tomorrow.
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O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins because of Thy just punishments, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve with the help of Thy grace to sin no more and to avoid the near occasions of sin. Amen.3. Practice gratitude
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The rest of the WNBA should be quite scared of the Lynx.
Minnesota already has the best record in the league, and now its best player is set to take the floor for the first time all season.
Napheesa Collier is listed as probable for this afternoon’s game against the Storm in Seattle. Collier, who finished runner-up in the MVP race in each of the past two seasons, has yet to play this year after undergoing offseason surgery on both of her ankles. She was sidelined for three weeks last August with a right ankle injury, then hurt the left ankle in Game 3 of Minnesota’s semifinals series against the Mercury in late September. She had her right ankle operated on in January and the left in March.
The Lynx, who finished with the best record in the WNBA last season at 34–10, haven’t missed a beat without their star player. They’re 21–6 this season, two games ahead of the Aces and Valkyries for first place in the league. They’ve won 19 of their last 23 games after starting the season 2–2.
The biggest reason for their success has been the incredible play of rookie point guard Olivia Miles. Miles, the No. 2 pick in the draft, is the team’s leading scorer and ranks eighth in the league with 19.6 points per game. But she isn’t the only one who’s stepped up. Veterans Kayla McBride and Courtney Williams have seen their scoring averages go up, and free-agent addition Natasha Howard has filled an important role in the frontcourt without Collier.
Getting Collier back won’t magically make the Lynx an unstoppable guaranteed champion. Minnesota will have to adjust to playing differently than it has over the first 10 weeks of the season, and Collier will have to ease her way back. But come playoff time, there’s no doubt who the favorite will be.
Oh no, Phillies
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After getting off to a horrendous start and firing their manager, the Phillies can’t afford to throw away any games. But that’s just what they did last night.
The Phillies sent Rob Thomson packing after a 9–19 start to the season and have miraculously turned things around under his replacement, Don Mattingly. They’re 47–27 since he took over and now hold the second wild-card spot in the NL. They’re also just three games behind the Braves for the division lead.
But they could have been just two games back if not for a brutal baserunning blunder at the end of last night’s game.
Philadelphia had runners on second and third with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, trailing the Dodgers 2–1. Brandon Marsh fisted a weak grounder to third and pinch runner Justin Crawford was stuck in a rundown between third and home. Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto, meanwhile, advanced to third. Just before Crawford was tagged out near third base, Realmuto tried to retreat to second. He, too, was tagged out, ending the game.
Realmuto told reporters later that it was “just a bad baserunning play, really” and called it “a lapse of judgment.”
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Wednesday, July 22
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