A General Atomics-led team has secured Department of Energy funds to build an integrated artificial intelligence and machine learning tool researchers can use to analyze fusion science data. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Sapientai and the University of California's San Diego Supercomputer Center will be General Atomics' team members on the fusion data platform development project. More

General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business unit has demonstrated the capability of its industrial supercritical water oxidation system to eliminate per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances-contaminated leachate from a municipal landfill. The iSCWO system is being tested at GA-EMS’ facility in San Diego in collaboration with landfill operators to gather test data verifying the technology’s capability to eliminate PFAS […] More

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business contributed to a U.S. Air Force flight test through the installation of an electronic warfare countermeasure pod on an MQ-9A Reaper aircraft. GA-ASI said Thursday it integrated the Angry Kitten ALQ-167 EW pod in less than nine months as part of a cooperative research and development agreement with USAF. Georgia Tech […] More

A General Atomics affiliate has won a two-year, $15.9 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology prototype. Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will aim to demonstrate standoff hardware and software in detecting near-peer integrated air defense systems, the Department of Defense said […] More

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business collaborated with California’s Air National Guard and Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to demonstrate how the unmanned MQ-9A Reaper aircraft could support emergency response efforts when equipped with the Rosetta Echo Advanced Payloads pod. The REAP demonstration on the remotely piloted aircraft aimed to showcase the pod’s ability to […] More

General Dynamics’ Applied Physical Sciences arm subcontracted General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems business for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-initiated program on propulsion technology. GA-EMS announced Friday that it will be responsible for the design, engineering and analysis of the propulsion system for the Advanced Propulsor, Experimental program. In April, Applied Physical Sciences won the prime […] More

General Atomics has performed the inaugural flight test of a 200HP heavy fuel engine using a Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft in an effort to demonstrate its suitability to replace the existing engine that powers the extended-range model of the U.S. Army’s drone. The company said Thursday its aeronautical and electromagnetic systems divisions co-developed the HFE 2.0’s […] More

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business showcased its MQ-9B SeaGuardian unmanned aircraft system to the Northern Edge 2023, a military joint training exercise in the Gulf of Alaska. During the event, the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.-built UAS provided real-time information on maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s operation centers, GA […] More

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business is showcasing the U.S. Army’s two Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft systems that were modified to incorporate multi-domain operation capabilities. The demonstration, which began in March, is part of the service branch’s current efforts to enhance the GE-ER platform with MDO features, General Atomics said Tuesday. MDO capabilities such as […] More

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business and four U.S. Navy Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadrons teamed up to demonstrate anti-submarine warfare and manned-unmanned teaming capabilities at the Integrated Battle Problem 2023 event. GA-ASI said Thursday it operated MQ-9B SeaGuardian unmanned aircraft systems while the HSMs deployed MH-60R Seahawk helicopters from the Naval Air Station North Island off […] More

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has handed over the first of the eight unmanned aircraft systems being manufactured for the U.S. Marine Corps. Naval Air Systems Command said Wednesday the MQ-9 Reapers are intended to perform long-distance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions as well as data relays in the Indo-Pacific Command area. The first delivered Reaper […] More

A General Dynamics subsidiary has tapped General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business to build, test, manufacture and deliver payload tubes for Virginia-class submarines. General Atomics on Thursday announced the contract, which will help carry out the potential $24 billion U.S. Navy Virginia submarine construction award that General Dynamics Electric Boat won in 2019. General Dynamics EB […] More