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AeroVironment Announces Expansion of AV_Halo™ Unified Software Platform with CORTEX and MENTOR
AI-powered intelligence fusion and warfighter readiness will deliver the next evolution in synchronized autonomy, multi-domain coordination, and mission
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nAI-powered intelligence fusion and warfighter readiness will deliver the next evolution in synchronized autonomy, multi-domain coordination, and mission dominance.\n\n ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global defense technology leader delivering software-enabled disruptive autonomous systems, today announced the next phase of its AV_Halo™ unified mission software platform with the release of AV_Halo CORTEX, a next-generation intelligence fusion and analysis environment, and AV_Halo MENTOR, a warfighter readiness suite that spans immersive virtual and/or augmented reality (VR/AR) weapons training and mission rehearsal.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251202907765/en/AV unveils AV_Halo CORTEX and MENTOR, fusing artificial intelligence and immersive training to give warfighters faster understanding, smarter preparation, and decisive advantage.\nIn September, AV launched AV_Halo, a hardware-agnostic platform that unifies multi-domain command and control (C2), AI-enhanced intelligence, synthetic training, and autonomous targeting into a single open-standards ecosystem. The addition of CORTEX and MENTOR advances that ecosystem, bringing deeper intelligence fusion, enhanced situational awareness, and more sophisticated operator preparedness into the same unified architecture.\n\n“In today’s rapidly evolving operational environment, the advantage goes to those who can understand faster and prepare smarter,” said Wahid Nawabi, AV Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer. “CORTEX and MENTOR extend AV_Halo’s role as the connective tissue across missions—fusing global information, AI-powered analytics, and immersive training into a single ecosystem that helps warfighters outpace threats, reduce risk, and make better decisions at mission speed.”\n\nThe addition of CORTEX and MENTOR marks the next step in AV_Halo’s roadmap, introducing two mission-critical capability sets that advance the platform’s ability to deliver faster understanding, smarter preparation, and decisive advantage across every domain - air, land, sea, space, and cyber.\n\n\nAV_Halo MENTOR: Warfighter Readiness Suite with Immersive Training and Mission Preparation Simulation -- AV_Halo MENTOR, with its flagship Virtual Systems Trainer (VST) te...