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General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business and Conflux Technology have teamed up to build a heat exchanger for remotely piloted aircraft through a metal additive manufacturing process.

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has partnered with NASA to demonstrate the MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft’s utility and safety capacities for commercial applications.

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has flown the first production unit of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian, a remotely piloted aircraft designed for all-weather performance.

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business and L3Harris Technologies have integrated an electro-optical/infrared platform into an MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft in a bid to equip the aircraft with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance features.

A series of remotely piloted aircraft systems built by General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has logged over 6M flight hours in support of the U.S. military, Department of Defense and other clients worldwide.

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has announced the 25th anniversary of the company’s Predator A unmanned aircraft system.

A General Atomics-built ground control station used a Collins Aerospace avionics system to facilitate a recent test flight of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft.

General Atomics used an Abaco Systems computer technology as part of a ground control station built to manage MQ-9B SkyGuardian drone operations.

General Atomics used its ground control station to manage the entire flight of an MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft from takeoff at Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona to landing.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business on Wednesday broke ground at the site of a hangar facility for the MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft.

Hughes Network Systems has delivered an initial batch of satellite communication modems to support beyond-line-of-sight operations of General Atomics's remotely piloted aircraft.

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 …

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 …

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 …

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has partnered with CAE, L3 Technologies’ Wescam subsidiary and Maxar Technologies’ MDA business to form an industry team that aims to meet Canada’s requirements for multi-mission remotely piloted aircraft systems. Team SkyGuardian Canada will offer the MQ-9B SkyGuardian drone for the Canadian armed forces’ RPAS project …