General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced on 6 April that its MQ-9B SeaGuardian has been selected to support the Japan Coast Guard’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Project. Coast Guard operations of… Continue reading "Japan Coast Guard Selects General Atomics SeaGuardian"
General Atomics today unveiled its new Mojave unmanned aerial vehicle, designed for short-takeoff and landing capability and increased firepower. While the Mojave’s avionics and flight control systems are based on… Continue reading "General Atomics Unveils STOL-Capable Mojave UAV"
The United States Air Force’s Skyborg team successfully demonstrated unmanned-unmanned autonomous teaming during an October 26 test flight. The test flight, which took place during the Orange Flag 21-3 Large… Continue reading "Orange Flag Test Demonstrates Skyborg Unmanned-Unmanned Autonomous Teaming"
The United States Army has selected a General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing team to develop a prototype 300kW-class solid state Distributed Gain High Energy Laser Weapon System. The… Continue reading "US Army Contracts General Atomics-Boeing Team To Build High Energy Laser Weapon Prototype"
General Atomics Aeronautical announced yesterday that a second company-owned Avenger ER UAV has received an FAA-issued Experimental Certificate (EC). The EC allows the Avenger ER to perform expanded operations in… Continue reading "Second General Atomics Avenger ER Granted FAA Experimental Certificate"
DARPA has recently discussed the progress that has been made towards the development of a new aerial and undersea unmanned vehicle. Selecting various companies to develop future testbeds. One of… Continue reading "New DARPA Updates on Unmanned Aerial and Undersea Vehicle Projects"
General Atomics has announced the recent completion of development and testing of anti-submarine warfare capabilities for the MQ-9. In the 19 January announcement, General Atomics says that the capability, which… Continue reading "General Atomics Demonstrates “World’s First” MQ-9 Anti-Submarine Warfare Capabilities"
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) have this month successfully conducted captive carry flight tests of their Sparrowhawk Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS). In a press release from the company,… Continue reading "General Atomics Sparrowhawk “Baby Drone” Takes Flight"
Boeing has announced that they are teaming up with General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems and Aerojet Rocketdyne for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) contract to build the Next Generation Interceptor… Continue reading "Boeing Names Team for U.S. ICBM Next Generation Interceptor Bid"
In a historic test, General Atomics launched and controlled multiple Altius-600 drones from onboard an MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER). To launch a drone from another drone is an… Continue reading "General Atomics Succeed in Using Gray Eagle As A Drone Mothership"