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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 …

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. demonstrated an updated multi-mode radar designed to help the Navy carry out anti-piracy and counter-narcotics missions, the company announced Wednesday. The Lynx Multi-mode Radar was tested on a Predator B RPA surrogate during the Navy’s Experiment Trident Warrior 2012 event in Southern California in July. …

The role of the UAV in the U.S. Air Force is changing according to a DefenseNews article detailing the latest Red Flag combat exercise in Nevada. In the premier training event at Nellis AFB, UAV’s were used to search for Scud missile launchers and persons of interest on the ground. …

General Atomics has won a $44.5 million task order under a basic ordering agreement to provide logistics support for the CVN 78 electromagnetic aircraft launch system. The Defense Department said Wednesday the cost-plus-fixed-fee order calls for research and development logistics efforts for the maintenance of the CVN 78 system. Under …

General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems will update data link configurations on Predator ground control stations, the Defense Department announced Tuesday. New Predator Primary Data Link configurations will be a part of the U.S. Air Force’s MD-1A/B ground control station retrofit kits. The company will perform work at its Poway, Calif. facility through …

Lockheed Martin has developed a new unmanned aerial vehicle as it appears set to enter a U.S. Navy competition for drones based on aircraft carriers, Wired reports. According to David Axe’s report, Lockheed’s Sea Ghost will compete against other designs from Boeing, General Atomics and Northrop Grumman. The Navy would …

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. announced Wednesday its Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system has reached 10,000 successful automatic launch and recoveries with the Automatic Take Off and Landing System. The drone first deployed in 2008. Today there currently 50 in use. Frank Pace, Aircraft Systems Group GA-ASI president Frank Pace …

Boeing has delivered a video and imagery data access system to General Atomics’ aeronautical systems affiliate for use on drones, the company announced Tuesday. The company said intelligence analysts and warfighters can use the system to access surveillance data from MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper drones. EXMeritus HardwareWall can also …