Tag Archives: General Atomics

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 …

The Federal Aviation Administration released two documents listing government and private organizations who are authorized to fly drones in the U.S. public air space, the Electronic Frontier Foundation reports.  The agency provided the information as a result of the EFF’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for information on the agency’s drone …

The U.S. Air Force has changed its drone purchasing strategy as the branch plays catch up in sifting through the large amounts of video and still-photo data its drone sensors captured, Wired reports.  Air Force Secretary Michael Donley told reporters Thursday that drone intelligence data outpaces the Air Force’s manpower …

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. won a $9,596,730 Air Force contract to support efforts against improvised explosive devices, the Defense Department announced Thursday. Work will occur in Poway, Calif. and the Pentagon expects work to finish on Dec. 1, 2013. Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio is the contracting …

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems affiliate won a $38,398,042 Air Force contract to provide two Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles and two aircraft containers, the Defense Department announced Friday. The UAV maker will provide the modified block one aircraft on a firm-price-incentive-firm contract and the containers on a firm-fixed-price contract. The Pentagon …

General Atomics will provide digital video integration services for the Predator unmanned vehicle system, the Defense Department announced Thursday. The remote-controlled aircraft carries a multi-spectral targeting system to integrate an infrared sensor, TV cameras and a laser designator and illuminator. General Atomics will provide the services under an $8,143,903 cost-plus-incentive-fee …

The Air Force is sending a General Atomics Predator C Avenger drone to Afghanistan, according to a Flightglobal report. The Avenger is referred to as a test aircraft, but Flightglobal reports the order meets Defense Secretary Leon Panetta‘s request for reconnaissance and strike capabilities. “This aircraft will be used as …

Gerry Connolly (D) is the freshman Congressman from Virginia’s 11th District, including parts of Fairfax and Prince William Counties.  He replaced Tom Davis (R) after Tom’s retirement last year, and has some big shoes to fill as an advocate for the GovCon community.  Here are some highlights from our interview: I …