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  • General Atomics, Pratt & Whitney Test Unmanned Tanker Engine; David Alexander Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, Pratt & Whitney Test Unmanned Tanker Engine; David Alexander Comments

    Pratt & Whitney has provided an engine technology for an unmanned aerial refueling aircraft that an industry team led by General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business is offering to the U.S. Navy. Both companies tested the inlet and exhaust systems of General Atomics Aeronautical System Inc.‘s MQ-25A Stingray that features the PW815 engine technology, General Atomics said Thursday. P&W delivered its PW815 technology to a […] More

  • General Atomics Forms Industry Team for Canada’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Forms Industry Team for Canada’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft Project

    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 that seeks a medium-altitude, long-endurance […] More

  • General Atomics Demos Remotely Piloted 'Guardian' Aircraft in Japan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Demos Remotely Piloted ‘Guardian’ Aircraft in Japan

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. commenced on Thursday in Nagasaki, Japan, public demonstrations of its remotely piloted aircraft that will collect data for research and for the development of guidelines for RPA flights. The three-week demonstration for the Guardian RPA includes 10 five-hour test flights in partnership with the Iki Airport and related organizations such […] More

  • General Atomics to Demo Guardian RPA in Japan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Demo Guardian RPA in Japan

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business will demonstrate a remotely piloted aircraft in Japan over the next three weeks in an effort to promote the vehicle’s civil and scientific applications. Demonstration flights of the Guardian RPA will take place on Iki Island and aim to gather data for multiple government agencies as part of scientific research efforts, General Atomics […] More

  • General Atomics Conducts Carrier Deck Taxi Capability Demo for MQ-25 Tanker Drone Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Conducts Carrier Deck Taxi Capability Demo for MQ-25 Tanker Drone Offering

    A General Atomics business unit has demonstrated aircraft carrier-based deck taxi capability and launch-and-recovery operations for its proposed offering for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-based unmanned aerial refueling tanker program. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. used a Predator C Avenger drone as a substitute for its MQ-25 offering and director wands that work to control taxi […] More

  • GA-ASI Predator aircraft series reaches 5M flight hours; Linden Blue comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GA-ASI Predator aircraft series reaches 5M flight hours; Linden Blue comments

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ range of Predator autonomous aircraft has reached five million flight hours after completing 360,311 missions since its introduction in the 1990s. General Atomics said Monday the fleet of remotely piloted aircraft achieved 500,000 flight hours from 1993 to 2008, one million hours in 2010, two million hours in 2012, three million hours […] More

  • General Atomics' Avenger RPA Conducts Nearly 24-Hour Continuous Flight - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics’ Avenger RPA Conducts Nearly 24-Hour Continuous Flight

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has flown an extended-range version of its Avenger remotely piloted aircraft for 23.4 hours continuously. The Avenger Extended Range RPA set a new endurance record and surpassed a flight test goal of 20 hours, General Atomics said Thursday. During the test, the Avenger ER operated in an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance configuration while performing a simulated […] More

  • General Atomics to Support UK MQ-9B RPA Program Under $81M USAF FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Support UK MQ-9B RPA Program Under $81M USAF FMS Contract

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has received an $80.9 million U.S. Air Force contract to design, build, integrate and test components in support of the U.K.’s MQ-9B Protector program. The service branch will obligate $33.5 million in FMS funds at the time of award,  the  Defense Department said Friday. The U.K. said it will initially buy 16 units of the Protector […] More

  • UK & US Air Forces, Industry Partners Coordinate on MQ-9B Protector RPA Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK & US Air Forces, Industry Partners Coordinate on MQ-9B Protector RPA Test

    The U.K. Royal Air Force has coordinated with the U.S. Air Force and industry partners to test and evaluate a remotely piloted air system built by General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business. RAF said Tuesday it intends to procure 16 MQ-9B Protector RPAs from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. to replace the service branch’s current MQ-9 Reaper platform. A […] More

  • CAE Delivers Predator RPA Training System to Italian Air Force; Gene Colabatistto Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Delivers Predator RPA Training System to Italian Air Force; Gene Colabatistto Comments

    Italy’s air force has received a CAE-built Predator Mission Trainer that is designed to train military operators of General Atomics‘ remotely piloted aircraft. CAE said Sunday it worked with General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business to develop the trainer that represents the Italian Predator A RPA during phase one of delivery. Gene Colabatistto, president of CAE’s defense and security group, the company applied its decades […] More

  • General Atomics Receives USAF MQ-9 Software Devt Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Receives USAF MQ-9 Software Devt Order

    A General Atomics business unit has received a potential three-year, $49.3 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to develop, field and sustain the software for MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will develop the MQ-9 software for the Air Force Special Operations Command and Air Combat Command, the Defense Department said Friday. The Air Force […] More

  • General Atomics Demos Automatic Takeoff, Landing Capacity for MQ-9B RPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Demos Automatic Takeoff, Landing Capacity for MQ-9B RPA

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit showcased an automatic takeoff and landing capability for the MQ-9B SkyGuardian/SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft via a satellite communications datalink. The company said Monday operators of an MQ-9B SkyGuardian controlled the aircraft outside General Atomics’ Gray Butte Flight Operations Center in Palmdale, California while the platform flew out of the Laguna […] More