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NASA Commissions Atomic Clock Payload on General Atomics Satellite
NASA has started commissioning efforts for an atomic clock device aboard the General Atomics-built Orbital Test Bed satellite.
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Draper Advances Tech Development Efforts in Support of NASA’s Lunar Missions
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory is developing technologies designed to support NASA’s robotic and manned missions to the moon by 2024, SpaceNews reported Thursday.
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General Atomics Celebrates Predator UAS 25th Anniversary
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has announced the 25th anniversary of the company’s Predator A unmanned aircraft system.
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General Atomics Helps Develop Fusion Plasma Cooling Approach at DOE Facility
A multi-institutional team led by General Atomics physicist Houyang Guo has discovered an approach to manage the amount of heat within the interior walls of a tokamak the company operates for the Department of Energy.
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General Atomics-Led Team Conducts Study on Fusion Reactor Erosion Damage
A team of scientists led by General Atomics has deployed modeling technology to discover the potential capacity of energetic ions to erode the internal portion of nuclear fusion tokamaks.
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General Atomics Researcher Edward Strait Honored for Career Achievement in Fusion Science
Fusion Power Associates has decided to honor Edward Strait, a physicist at General Atomics, with the Distinguished Career Award in validation of his study of tokamak plasmas and contributions to fusion science.
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General Atomics Deploys Multi-Payload OTB Satellite on SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket
General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems business has launched the Orbital Test Bed, which enables simultaneous deployment of multiple payloads via a single satellite, aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy vehicle Tuesday from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
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General Atomics Explores New Nuclear Fusion Approach
General Atomics has discovered a new approach that will help reduce the size of future nuclear fusion reactors and will potentially be a step in being able to harness great amounts of carbon energy.
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General Atomics Unveils Automated Intell Tools for Remotely Piloted Aircraft
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has introduced a set of tools built to automate management of remotely piloted aircraft operations. The Integrated Intelligence Center has a user experience-based design and uses a modular and open architecture framework that supports third-party horizontal integration as well as the development of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies.
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General Atomics, L3 Demo SIGINT Tech on Remotely Piloted Aircraft
General Atomics' aeronautical systems business and L3 Technologies have demonstrated a full-band signals intelligence technology developed for use on a medium-altitude long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft platform. The MQ-9 Predator B RPA carried a pod with SIGINT tools during a test that took place last month in Yuma, Ariz., the companies said in a joint statement released Monday.
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General Atomics Receives Navy UAS Support Contract Modification
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has secured a nine-month, $36.4M modification for unmanned air system intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support services. The company offers its MQ-9 Reaper UAS services to support Task Force Southwest and Marine Corps operations taking place outside continental U.S., the Department of Defense said Thursday.