Hughes Network Systems has secured a contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. to produce the initial units of an advanced modem designed to enhance the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle 25M unmanned aircraft system. The EchoStar company said Monday it received the contract after completing the development phase and is set to commence deliveries of the HM400T modems in the spring.

RTX business Raytheon will produce new common sensor payloads for General Atomics-built MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems under a potential $118 million undefinitized contract action finalized by the U.S. Army.

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General Atomics' electromagnetic systems division has secured a contract from Lockheed Martin's space business arm to build and deliver missile warning, tracking and defense payloads for integration into the Space Development Agency's Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellites. GA-EMS will produce 16 wide-field-of-view missile warning and tracking infrared payloads and two fire control and missile defense infrared payloads for integration into the 18 satellites Lockheed is building for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture's tracking layer, General Atomics said Monday.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems' XQ-67A off-board sensing station completed its inaugural flight three weeks after the company conducted high-speed taxi trials of the drone with the U.S. Air Force Laboratory. GA-ASI announced that the test flight took place on Wednesday, validating the effectiveness of a common core chassis as the genus for constructing different aircraft variants.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory provided a preview of their novel off-board sensing station as part of the service branch's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program. The XQ-67A sensing drone underwent high-speed taxi tests in preparation for flight trials that were originally set for the first half of fiscal year 2024.

The U.S. Air Force has named the five companies selected to design and build a next-generation fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles meant to fly in coordination with crewed platforms. Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Anduril and General Atomics have been awarded contracts with undisclosed sums to continue rapid development for production for the Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program.

The Japanese coast guard has tested maritime surveillance tools developed by Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space business aboard SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft of General Atomics' aeronautical systems segment.

Advanced Reactor Concepts, General Atomics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology will collectively receive a total of $70.4M in funds from the Department of Energy to mature their nuclear reactor concepts as part of the fiscal year 2020 iteration of a technology demonstration program.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business has selected Cobham Aerospace Connectivity to deliver anti-jam GPS technology for an unmanned aircraft system used by the U.S. Army. Cobham said Monday it will supply the Digital Antenna Control Unit-8 anti-jam technology for the General Atomics-made MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS.

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 and the U.S. Marine Corps have completed the first operational flight of the company’s MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial system in the Middle East.

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has selected CAE to build a system for the U.K air force to train operators of the Protector RG Mk1 remotely piloted aircraft.