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Aviat Networks Executive Compensation (FY26)

Name: Aviat Networks (AVNW) executive compensation
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AVNW · Austin, TX · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026

Chief executive, fiscal 2026

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Peter Smith

Median of the other named officers

$638,622

5 officers, excluding the chief executive

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November 5, 2025

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Data as of November 4, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): October 2, 2026

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What changed from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026

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Chief executive total compensation — Peter Smith: $3,772,051 → $4,417,472 (17.1% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Aviat Networks' chief executive and what were they paid?

Peter Smith, Director President and Chief Executive Officer, received $4,417,472 in total compensation for fiscal 2026. Compared with the $3,772,051 reported for fiscal 2025, Smith's total was 17.1% higher.

What was Aviat Networks' say-on-pay result?

For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 96.1% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held November 5, 2025.

Which companies are in Aviat Networks' peer group?

The disclosed peer group names ADTRAN Holdings, Arlo Technologies, Clearfield, Climb Global Solutions and Comtech Telecommunications Corp., among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2022

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Bryan Tucker Senior Vice President Americas Sales and Services	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	— not reconciled
David Gray Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Gary Croke Vice President Marketing and Product Line Management	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Erin Boase General Counsel, Vice President Legal Affairs	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Eric Chang Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Peter A. Smith Director, President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
David Gray Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Bryan Tucker Senior Vice President Americas Sales and Services	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Erin Boase General Counsel, Vice President Legal Affairs	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Gary Croke Vice President Marketing and Product Line Management	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Peter Smith Director, President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Michael Connaway Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Erin Boase General Counsel, Vice President Legal Affairs	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
David Gray Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Gary Croke Vice President Marketing and Product Line Management	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Bryan Tucker Former Senior Vice President Americas Sales and Services Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Peter Smith Director, President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Michael Connaway Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Erin Boase General Counsel, Vice President Legal Affairs	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Gary Croke Vice President Marketing and Product Line Management	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2026

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Peter Smith Director President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Gary Croke Senior Vice President Product and Innovation	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Erin Boase General Counsel, Vice President Legal Affairs	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Andrew Schmidt Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Andrew Fredrickson Former Interim Vice President and Chief Financial Office, Vice President of Corporate Finance Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Michael Connaway Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.

Fiscal 2026

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
Andrew Fredrickson	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Andrew Fredrickson	PSU	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Andrew Schmidt	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Erin Boase	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Erin Boase	PSU	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Gary Croke	PSU	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Gary Croke	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.

As disclosed at fiscal 2026 year end

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
Peter Smith	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	8/28/2030
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Gary Croke	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	8/28/2030
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Andrew Schmidt	RSU	◇	=	—	—
Erin Boase	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	8/28/2030
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Andrew Fredrickson	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.

Andrew Fredrickson

Former Interim Vice President and Chief Financial Office, Vice President of Corporate Finance · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance cash amount	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Non-compete period	◇
Non-solicit period	◇

Andrew Schmidt

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Non-compete period	◇
Non-solicit period	◇

Erin Boase

General Counsel, Vice President Legal Affairs · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Non-compete period	◇
Non-solicit period	◇

Gary Croke

Senior Vice President Product and Innovation · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Non-compete period	◇
Non-solicit period	◇

Peter Smith

Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Non-compete period	◇
Non-solicit period	◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.

Fiscal 2026

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
John Mutch Board chair	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Scott Halliday	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Michele Klein	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Bruce Taten	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Bryan Ingram	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Laxmi Akkaraju	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

Peter A. Smith served on the board in fiscal 2026 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.

Earlier years are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.

Board cash retainer	◇
Board equity retainer	◇
Total board retainer	◇
Board chair premium	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Audit committee member	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Compensation committee member	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇
Nominating and governance member	◇

Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Fiscal 2026

ADTRAN Holdings ADTN
Arlo Technologies ARLO
Clearfield CLFD
Climb Global Solutions CLMB
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. CMTL
Daktronics DAKT
Digi International DGII
Harmonic, Inc. HLIT
nLIGHT LASR
PowerFleet AIOT
Ribbon Communications RBBN
Vishay Precision Group VPG
Xperi XPER

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	November 5, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	November 6, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	November 8, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	November 9, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	November 10, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	November 11, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	November 13, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇
2017	November 14, 2018	=	◇	◇	◇
2016	November 16, 2016	=	◇	◇	◇

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302 figures on this page: 292 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.

292 cited to the filing

10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

DEF 14A, filed October 2, 2026
0001628280-26-064519
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Filing, filed October 2, 2026
8-K, filed November 6, 2025
0001377789-25-000110
8-K, filed November 8, 2024
0001377789-24-000060
DEF 14A, filed October 7, 2024
0001377789-24-000049
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed November 13, 2023
0001377789-23-000047
DEF 14A, filed September 25, 2023
0001377789-23-000029
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed November 10, 2022
0001377789-22-000154
DEF 14A, filed September 26, 2022
0001377789-22-000144
8-K, filed November 15, 2021
0001377789-21-000086
8-K, filed November 13, 2020
0001377789-20-000110
8-K, filed November 14, 2019
0001377789-19-000093
8-K, filed November 15, 2018
0001377789-18-000109
8-K, filed November 17, 2016
0001377789-16-000206

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854

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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}