General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems business has demonstrated an aluminum power system designed to support at-sea “refueling stations†for underwater remotely operated vehicles.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems said Tuesday that, on Jan. 8, its Block 50 Ground Control Station was used to operate an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle for the very first time. The test flight took place at the company's Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility in California.
General Atomics' aeronautical systems business continues to develop a multimission remotely piloted aircraft and intends to equip the new vehicle with a detect and avoid technology as part of certification efforts.
General Atomics' aeronautical systems business has demonstrated launch and recovery of an unmanned aerial system using a portable laptop in conjunction with a satellite communications technology.
Hughes Network Systems has delivered an initial batch of satellite communication modems to support beyond-line-of-sight operations of General Atomics's remotely piloted aircraft.
General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems segment has secured a $30.9M contract modification to continue demonstrating MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles to support the Missile Defense Agency’s Ballistic Missile Defense System testing operations.
General Atomics' electromagnetic systems business has landed a contract from Advanced Technology International to create and test a battery system that will support a U.S. Navy unmanned undersea vehicle.
The U.S. Air Force plans to award a contract to General Atomics for research, development and test efforts to advance multidomain sensor technologies. The contractor would combine different sensor applications to produce multi-intelligence systems for command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance uses, USAF said Tuesday in a FedBizOpps notice.
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has selected CAE to build a system for the U.K air force to train operators of the Protector RG Mk1 remotely piloted aircraft.
General Atomics has received a four-year, $19.6M delivery order to produce, assemble, inspect, integrate and test spare parts for the electromagnetic aircraft launch system of the U.S. Navy's CVN-78 aircraft carrier.
A General Atomics business unit has received a $37M firm-fixed-price contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to include additional features to an aircraft configuration.
General Atomics executives have said previous acquisitions of two small satellite manufacturers are helping the company build up its presence in the smallsat market, SpaceNews reported Monday.