The U.S. Air Force has awarded a one-year, $59.2M contract to Raytheon to provide logistics support services for sensors used on the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft. Work under the cost-plus fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract includes program management, supply and logistics support, service-representative support, inventory control point and warehousing, the Department of Defense said Friday. The McKinney, Texas-based company …
Read More »General Atomics’ Wayne Solomon Receives Excellence in Fusion Engineering Award
Wayne Solomon, deputy director of the DIII-D National Fusion Program at General Atomics, has received recognition from Fusion Power Associates for his leadership on the Department of Energy-backed program and research on fusion plasma diagnostics. The nonprofit honored Solomon with its Excellence in Fusion Engineering Award, which recognizes individuals who have demonstrated technical …
Read More »General Atomics’ SkyGuardian Aircraft Secures FAA Special Airworthiness Certification
The Federal Aviation Administration has certified General Atomics to operate in national airspace a remotely piloted aircraft designed for civil flight use. The company said Thursday it obtained Special Airworthiness Certification in experimental category for a second MQ-9B SkyGuardian unit. David Alexander, president of aircraft systems at General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business, said the permit allows the …
Read More »General Atomics’ RPA Ground Control Station Completes Initial Test
General Atomics has tested a ground control station in conjunction with an MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft during a flight test that took place in Yuma, Ariz. The company said Wednesday its “certifiable” GCS houses flight, payload and weapons management systems for the SkyGuardian and uses a human machine interface designed to provide a single …
Read More »USSOCOM Taps General Atomics to Deliver Lithium-Ion Fault Tolerant Battery
General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business has received a contract to develop and provide a battery system that would power propulsion units of the U.S. Special Operations Command’s underwater vehicles. The company said Monday it will work to develop Lithium-Ion Fault Tolerant prototype batteries for integration and testing with these vehicles …
Read More »General Atomics Demonstrates MDA UAS Targeting System at RIMPAC Exercise
General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business recently helped the Missile Defense Agency demonstrate a targeting platform designed for use with the MQ-9B unmanned aircraft system. The company said Friday it tested the MDA’s Airborne Tracking and Targeting System in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise or RIMPAC that took place around the …
Read More »PAE ISR to Demonstrate Resolute Eagle UAS Under NASA Agreement; Beth Beach Quoted
PAE ISR and NASA have agreed to demonstrate the Resolute Eagle unmanned aircraft system within the National Airspace System in 2020 in support of an effort to fully integrate UAS into the country’s skies. The company said Tuesday it will demonstrate the Resolute Eagle in 2020 and work with other …
Read More »Draper Forms Team to Pursue NASA’s Next Lunar Exploration Project
Draper has teamed up with three other companies to bid for a project to build small exploration vehicles and scientific instruments to help NASA explore the moon’s surface. Cambridge, Mass.-based Draper said Tuesday it will lead an industry team composed of General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems group, ispace and Spaceflight Industries to pursue the space agency’s Commercial Lunar …
Read More »General Atomics, Army Complete Gray Eagle Extended Range UAV Follow-On Testing
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business and the U.S. Army have concluded the follow-on operational test and evaluation of a new extended-range unmanned aerial vehicle. The conclusion of the MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range‘s FOT&E phase culminated after 644 flight hours of testing that began June at Air Force Plant 42, …
Read More »General Atomics Designs Small Nuclear Power Supply Tech
General Atomics has embarked on a project to develop a nuclear reactor system designed to fit in a military shipping container for both truck and air deliveries. The company said Thursday its microreactor program builds on General Atomics’ 60 years of nuclear energy research-and-development experience and uses materials built to protect the …
Read More »General Atomics Flies Second SkyGuardian RPA; David Alexander Quoted
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has completed the initial flight of a second MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft at a military airport in Yuma, Ariz. The company said Tuesday its MQ-9B features new technologies that were not present in the first unit produced two years ago such as updated avionics, software package …
Read More »General Atomics Evaluates Arresting Gear Performance on Turboprop Aircraft
General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems business has completed an assessment of its Advanced Arresting Gear’s performance on turboprop aircraft at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey. The company said Tuesday AAG performed over 800 roll-in and fly-in aircraft arrestments for the C-2A Greyhound, E-2C+ Hawkeye and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye planes. The …
Read More »General Atomics-Made RPA Performs First Automated Landing With USAF
The U.S. Air Force has conducted the first automated landing of the General Atomics-made MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft’s Block 5 configuration. The aircraft is equipped with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.‘s Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability that works to increase safety; boost aircrew efficiency; and support cross wind operations and …
Read More »General Atomics to Host NASA MAIA Payload on OBT-2 Satellite
NASA has tapped General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business to host an aerosol pollutant measuring instrument on the company’s Orbital Test Bed-2 satellite. GA-EMS said Monday it will provide integration and pre-launch processing services for the Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols instrument, which will be launched to space in 2022 to study the connection …
Read More »General Atomics to Supply Extended-Range Gray Eagle UAS Spares, Equipment to Army
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has received a $15.8M firm-fixed-price contract to deliver components for long-range unmanned aircraft systems to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Thursday that the company will provide initial spares and ground support equipment specifically designed for the MQ-1C Gray Eagle. The General Atomics Gray Eagle UAS …
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