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The Federal Aviation Administration and NASA will collaborate with three companies to demonstrate a technology intended to prevent unmanned drones from colliding with other planes in airspace, Aviation International News reported Friday. Bill Carey writes that the FAA and NASA plan to conduct flight tests of a commercial drone equipped …

A General Atomics business unit has been awarded a $57.5 million contract to upgrade the U.S. Air Force’s unmanned aerial vehicle ground control software for Internet networking, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes that General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will provide the software updates for UAV control stations at Creech …

General Atomics has moved to expand its manufacturing facility in its Shannon, Miss.-based site and plans to open 80 new positions there. Product portfolios for defense, nuclear, oil and energy storage clients will be relocated to the Heritage Bag building at the Tupelo/Lee Industrial Park South, the Mississippi Development Authority …

General Atomics systems integration has opened a program office in Warner Robins, Ga., to meet the needs of its Robins Air Force Base clients, the company said Wednesday. The General Atomics affiliated company delivers aeronautical engineering and maintenance services to clients such as the system program offices for the F-15, …

General Atomics will spend $11 million to expand manufacturing operations in Lee County, Miss. and plans to create about 80 new jobs there, The Clarion-Ledger reported Monday. The publication reports GA will transfer production of defense, energy and nuclear equipment to an 87,650-square-foot building at the company’s existing campus in …

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has demonstrated a sense-and-avoid system onboard an unmanned aerial vehicle. The goal of the flight test was to coordinate BAE Systems‘ identification transponder with General Atomics’ air-to-air radar system and Honeywell‘s traffic alert collision avoidance system in order to track targets, General Atomics said Thursday. Frank …

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has awarded a $20.6 million follow-on production subcontract to Exelis to manufacture an airborne ejector rack an unmanned aerial vehicle GA-ASI manufactures for the U.S. Air Force. Exelis will build more than BRU-71/A racks for General Atomics’ MQ-9 Reaper between November of this year and June 2015, Exelis …

A General Atomics Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft vehicle flew for 45 hours nonstop during the first of two endurance tests for the U.S. Army. That test was intended to simulate a reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition mission for the Improved Gray Eagle derivative UAV, General Atomics said Tuesday. The IGE will …

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has won a $12.8 million contract to develop sensor systems that can be integrated into the company’s Reaper aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, the San Diego Business Journal reported Monday. Under the terms of the deal, General Atomics ASI will use its Lynx synthetic …

General Atomics is one of four companies selected by the U.S. Energy Department for a $3.5 million investment program aimed to advance research and development of nuclear reactors. The effort supports a presidential effort to reduce carbon emissions and drive innovation for energy technologies such as nuclear power, DOE said …

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has developed a new cockpit ground control station intended to control the company’s Predator C Avenger drone and adapt to other remotely piloted aircraft systems. The company demonstrated the station during a flight test in November 2012 at its Palmdale, Calif. flight operations facility and aimed …

Raytheon and General Atomics are working together to develop a new electronic warfare system for unmanned aerial vehicles aimed at confusing target integrated air defense system. The companies completed a ground verification test phase of Raytheon’s Miniature Air Launched Decoy in November 2012 and plan to integrate the system on …

Northrop Grumman has announced its first customer has signed up for the unmanned aerial vehicle Sandstorm/Longshot training system, National Defense Magazine reports.  Karl Purdy, Northrop Grumman’s UAS programs manager told the magazine the undisclosed customer “was so enthused by the sale, they’ve asked for more already.” The new training system is a fee-for-service program …

The U.S. Navy is preparing to release a draft request for proposals for a carrier-launched surveillance and strike drone by the end of this year, Flight Global reports. Contenders for the new aircraft include Boeing, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman (click here to read more on what these …

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Federal Aviation Administration flew a Predator/Gray Eagle-series drone off the Florida Coast in August to demonstrate its operations in civilian airspace. According to a General Atomics release, BAE Systems provided a prototype of a Friend or Foe transponder to …