AeroVironment hopes to generate sales not just from services like the Army and Air Force, but also from the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Homeland Security (for help with border control) and weather services (for storm tracking and disaster recovery).

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The commission, as envisioned by Roemer's bill "will have a broad mandate to investigate all relevant facts and circumstances relating to the attacks, " including issues surrounding intelligence, law enforcement, commercial aviation, diplomacy, immigration and border control, according to a statement from Roemer's office issued Friday.

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