Key Points Wall Street analysts lined up to raise price targets on AeroVironment stock this week. This morning, the U.S. Air Force awarded the company a $499 million, 10-year research contract. 10 stocks we like better than AeroVironment › For the third day in a row, AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) stock few higher on Wednesday, rising 7.9% through 12:20 p.m. ET -- putting the builder of military drones up more than 12% so far this week. You can thank Wall Street for that... and also the U.S. Air For ...