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.AeroVironment announced the appointment of Milancy Harris as Vice President and Chief Security Officer. Harris, former Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, will lead an enterprise‑wide security strategy to protect the company’s people, programs, and technologies. Her expertise is expected to bolster cyber‑physical risk management, support compliance with defense security standards, and enhance investor confidence amid growing modernization spending. Strengthening security governance aligns AeroVironment with the Pentagon’s zero‑trust mandate, potentially lowering insurance costs, improving contract win rates, and safeguarding its AI‑driven autonomous systems and emerging directed‑energy platforms.