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Unmanned
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems demos SATCOM-enabled UAV launch and recovery - News
January 24, 2018
SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced a successful recent demonstration of its satellite communications (SATCOM)-enabled Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC) using its MQ-9B SkyGuardian/SeaGuardian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
Comms
DoD orders advanced capacitors to aid in nonlethal force protection, vehicle checkpoints - News
January 05, 2018
SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has won a contract from the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNLWD) through the Department of Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC) to develop and supply advanced high-energy-density capacitors intended for integration into a nonlethal Pre-Emplaced Vehicle Stopper (PEVS) system for use in force protection and vehicle checkpoint operations.
Unmanned
MQ-9 UAS successfully used in antisubmarine demonstration - News
December 05, 2017
SAN DIEGO. During a recent U.S. naval exercise, an MQ-9 Predator B remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) successfully detected and tracked remotely submerged contacts; the MQ-9's contractor, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), participated in the demo of the RPA's new maritime patrol capabilities.
Unmanned
MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft completes FAA-approved flight through national airspace - News
August 21, 2017
POWAY, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) reports that it flew a MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) from Laguna Airfield at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona, through national airspace to its Gray Butte Flight Operations facility near Palmdale, California. The MQ-9B is a STANAG 4671 (NATO airworthiness standard for unmanned aircraft systems[UASs])-compliant version of the Predator B UAS line.
Unmanned
GA-ASI to host grand opening of UAS training facility - News
August 08, 2017
GRAND FORKS, N.D. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is hosting the grand opening of its Flight Test and Training Center?s new permanent hangar at the Grand Sky Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Business Park near Grand Forks, N.D., on August 21.
Unmanned
General Atomics tests new radar warning receiver against air-defense systems - News
April 11, 2017
SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA?ASI) announced a successful demonstration of a radar warning receiver (RWR) on a GA-ASI Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). The GA-ASI-owned Predator B operated from the company's Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility near Palmdale, California, performing against various ground-based radars.
Unmanned
DARPA working on program to enable airborne UAS launch-and-recovery system - News
March 17, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently completed Phase 1 of its Gremlins program, which has as its goal fielding volleys of low-cost, reusable unmanned aerial systems (UASs) that would be launched and later retrieved in midair. Moving on to the next stage, DARPA has now awarded Phase 2 contracts to two teams, one led by Dynetics (Huntsville, Alabama) and the other led by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (San Diego, California).
