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Leonardo has teamed up with General Atomics' aeronautical systems business to test and offer an expendable active decoy system as an off-the-shelf protection option for the MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft.

Leonardo and General Atomics' aeronautical systems business have teamed up to incorporate the former's active electronically scanned array maritime radar into the latter's MQ-9B SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business has tested the wing structure of an MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft variant during a full-scale static testing period that lasted for three months.

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has commenced a series of flights for its MQ-9B SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft system as part of a demonstration for the Japanese coast guard.

A General Atomics remotely piloted aircraft has been equipped with a Leonardo-built technology that works to scan wide areas for radar emissions. The MQ-9B SeaGuardian RPA now includes SAGE 750, an electronic support measure system designed to collect intelligence data on surrounding land- and sea-based radars, General Atomics said Thursday.

The U.S. Navy has awarded General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business a $26.9M contract to provide MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial systems and a mobile control station to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and persistent strike activities.

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has installed and started using the CAE-developed Predator Mission Trainer at its flight test and training center in North Dakota.

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 has introduced a set of tools built to automate management of remotely piloted aircraft operations. The Integrated Intelligence Center has a user experience-based design and uses a modular and open architecture framework that supports third-party horizontal integration as well as the development of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business and L3 Technologies have demonstrated a full-band signals intelligence technology developed for use on a medium-altitude long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft platform. The MQ-9 Predator B RPA carried a pod with SIGINT tools during a test that took place last month in Yuma, Ariz., the companies said in a joint statement released Monday.

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' aeronautical systems business continues to develop a multimission remotely piloted aircraft and intends to equip the new vehicle with a detect and avoid technology as part of certification efforts.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business has demonstrated launch and recovery of an unmanned aerial system using a portable laptop in conjunction with a satellite communications technology.

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.