GA-ASI’s Avenger ER Receives FAA Experimental Certificate
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that its company-owned Avenger ER achieved a company milestone as it received an FAA-issued ...
GA-ASI and GKN Aerospace Expand Strategic Relationship
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and GKN Aerospace have signed a contract for GKN Aerospace to manufacture the advanced composite V-tails for GA-ASI’s new MQ-9B SkyGuardian® Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) from their Cowes facility in the United Kingdom. SkyGua...
DARPA Initiates Design of LongShot Unmanned Air Vehicle
DARPA's LongShot program, which is developing an air-launched unmanned air vehicle (UAV) with the ability to employ multiple air-to-air weapons, has awarded contracts to General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman for preliminary Phase I design work. The objective is to develop a novel ...
GA-ASI Launches SkyGuardian Global Support Solutions
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announces SkyGuardian® Global Support Solutions (SGSS), a new service and support program for GA-ASI customers operating the MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and the maritime variant SeaGuardian®. SGSS provides operators ...
GA-ASI Plans to Demonstrate Maritime Capability in UK
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) announces its plan to take a company-owned SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft to the United Kingdom later this year to undertake a series of operational capability demonstrations for NATO allies, including the Netherlands. The UK’s ...
IMCO Industries and Innocon Sign MOU to Promote Joint UAV Venture
IMCO Group, a leading provider of complex solutions for air, land, and naval defense applications, and Innocon Ltd., an innovative Israelideveloper and manufacturer of Tactical UAVs ranging from micro-UAVs to full-size light airplanes, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) ...
IAI signs two deals to supply Heron MK II systems to Central Asian country
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) said Monday that it has signed two deals with a country in Central Asia, one to sell Heron MKII UAV systems and another to lease them. The deals are valued at tens of millions of dollars. The systems include reconnaissance payloads, Heron MK II drones and land ...