AeroVironment以2亿美元收购ESAero，以提升无人机和空中移动技术。 AeroVironment buys ESAero for $200M to boost drone and air mobility tech.

航空公司收购了位于圣路易斯奥比斯波的无人机开发商ESAero, 收购价值2亿美元, AeroVironment has acquired ESAero, a San Luis Obispo-based drone developer, in a $200 million deal to expand its unmanned systems and advanced air mobility capabilities. 这笔交易以1.6亿美元的股票和现金的余额进行,将ESAero在电动和混合动力推进,快速原型设计和认证制造方面的专业知识带入AeroVironment的精密打击和防御系统集团. The transaction, structured with $160 million in stock and the rest in cash, brings ESAero’s expertise in electric and hybrid propulsion, rapid prototyping, and certified manufacturing into AeroVironment’s Precision Strike and Defense Systems group. 这次收购预计将在第一年内对经调整的欧洲BITDA进行补充,在2025年BlueHalo收购之后,标志着在不到一年的时间内第二次大购航空。 The acquisition, expected to be accretive to adjusted EBITDA within the first year, marks AeroVironment’s second major purchase in under a year, following its 2025 acquisition of BlueHalo. 作为一个子公司, ESAero将加强AeroVironment将设计转化为国防和商业市场的生产能力. ESAero will operate as a subsidiary, enhancing AeroVironment’s ability to transition designs to production for defense and commercial markets.