A General Atomics-made drone self-protection system demonstrated tracking and situational awareness functions as part of a project with U.S. Special Operations Command. The company said Friday its MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft used the new Self-Protection Pod to track infrared missile and radio frequency threats during a demonstration on Oct. 28 at Yuma Proving Grounds.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business tested an autonomy software engine during a flight test for the Avenger unmanned aerial vehicle in October.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business demonstrated the functionality of its Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft system with a laptop-based command and control technology during a recent flight test series.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business has demonstrated a small unmanned aircraft system during a captive carry test with an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft. The Sparrowhawk flight demonstrations took place from Sept. 16 to 17 and used a laptop-hosted control station to manage the sUAS launch-and-recovery demonstrator, the company said Friday.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems unit has conducted a third demonstration of how the extended-range Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system could support the U.S. Army in multidomain operations. The company said Monday it used intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance payloads, long-range sensors, command and control systems and air-launched effects from industry partners during monthlong demo event.

A General Atomics affiliate has updated an automatic takeoff and landing system for the U.S. Air Force's MQ-9A Reaper remotely piloted aircraft as part of a modernization project.

General Atomics' aeronautics systems business has secured a $12.1M contract to update the Air National Guard's MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft and ground equipment used to control the unmanned aerial vehicles.

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 secured a contract of undisclosed value to test a high-performance computing framework built by the Air Force Research Laboratory through the use of the MQ-9 Reaper aircraft.

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business used MQ-9 Reaper aircraft units to test the firm’s multimission control and communication tools in a flight demonstration.

A U.S. Marine Corps component has used the MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aircraft system, built by General Atomics, to perform in-theater operations and as a proof of concept for the service branch's Marine Aviation Plan.

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.