Key Points Wall Street analysts responded well to the company's investor open house. Aerovironment also announced a new 10-year contract with the U.S. Air Force. A comment from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent weighed on Aerovironment and other defense stocks. 10 stocks we like better than AeroVironment › Shares of AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV), the maker of drones for military and commercial use, were moving higher last month on a positive analyst response to its investor open house at the end of ...