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Due Regard Radar tested onboard Predator B aircraft by General Atomics - News
February 13, 2015
SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), officials announced that they flight tested a pre-production Due Regard Radar (DRR), which marks the first functional air-to-air radar on a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that meets the requirements for “Due Regard” operations in international airspace. Enabling such technology will help in the long run integrate UAVs into international and domestic airspace.
Unmanned
Advanced Cockpit GCS for unmanned aircraft demonstrated by GA-ASI at Farnborough Air Show - News
July 17, 2014
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) engineers demonstrated the company's Advanced Cockpit Block 50 ground control station (GCS) at the Farnborough Air Show this week at the company’s stand in Hall 2 (Stand A-9).
Unmanned
GA-ASI completes first flight tests of SAA onboard Predator B UAV, integrates other sensors - News
December 13, 2013
SAN DIEGO, CA. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has completed the first test flights of the Sense and Avoid (SAA) architecture and Self Separation functionality onboard a company-owned Predator B, to detect intruder aircraft using sensors.
Unmanned
GA-ASI announces successful Improved Gray Eagle (IGE) UAS endurance demonstration at AUSA 2013 exposition - News
October 22, 2013
WASHINGTON. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) annual exposition that the Improved Gray Eagle (IGE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has successfully completed the first of two planned U.S. Army endurance demonstration flights, flying for 45 hours nonstop.
Unmanned
GA-ASI Predator B variant to comply with NATO airworthiness standards - News
June 27, 2013
SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) is undertaking an Independent Research And Development (IRAD) effort to produce a variant of the Predator B Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) that complies with the airworthiness requirements of the U.S. Air Force and other anticipated NATO customers. The UAS will be a multinational certifiable platform based on the Block 5 Predator B and Advanced Cockpit Ground Control Station (GCS), and featuring enhanced capabilities for integration into domestic and international airspace.
Radar/EW
Enhanced sensor dissemination demonstrated by GA-ASI - News
June 18, 2013
PARIS AIR SHOW. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), has announced that a Predator B Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) surrogate used Lynx Radar to detect moving ground-based targets, which were then automatically cross-cued to the Star SAFIRE for target visual identification using the Claw payload control software. The operation took place at the annual U.S. Navy Trident Spectre experiment at the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, VA from May 8-18.
Radar/EW
Due Regard Radar successfully tested on Predator B by GA-ASI - News
February 15, 2013
SAN DIEGO. A flight test of the Due Regard Radar (DRR) aboard a Predator B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) has been completed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI). The GA-ASI-funded air-to-air radar system supports the company’s airborne Sense and Avoid (SAA) architecture for the Predator B platform, and its integration and detection and tracking abilities were successfully tested on December 10, 2012 at the GA-ASI Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility in Palmdale, CA.
