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CCA Challenge: Accommodating Sensor Processing to Meet Size, Weight, Power, Cost Goals

The U.S. Air Force’s future Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) may need a significant amount of processing power for sensors and mission autonomy, and the service and industry thus face a challenge of…

AI & Autonomy

GA-ASI Completes Final Qualification Test For Gray Eagle’s New HFE 2.0 Engine

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) last month completed the final qualification test for its new Heavy Fuel Engine (HFE) 2.0 set to power the upgraded Gray Eagle (GE) 25M drone. Following…

AI & Autonomy

GA-ASI's SkyGuardian UAS Completes Detect-and-Avoid Flights for the FAA

At the end of March, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) announced completion of multiple test flights of its unmanned SkyGuardian aircraft that were performed for the Federal Aviation Administration and served…

Commercial

Getting BVLOS off the Ground with 91.113

The FAA has been trying to streamline drone processes: Low-altitude authorization and notification capability speeds up airspace applications. May's updated guidance removes exceptions for hobby drones. Now, the agency is pushing Part…

Military

GA-ASI MQ-9B SkyGuardian Demos Satcom, Laptop-Controlled Mission

General Atomics' MQ-9B SkyGuardian completed a demonstration sortie without the use of an on-site ground control station (GCS) this month, relying on only satcom and the company's expeditionary command-and-control (XC2) portable laptop. One…

Military

'Team Reaper Australia' Takes Shape as GA-ASI Names 10 MQ-9 Partners

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has named 10 partner companies that will comprise Team Reaper Australia, which will furnish the country's military with either MQ-9A or MQ-9B large UAS. Australia named GA-ASI as…

Unmanned

New MQ-9 Sensor Option Undergoes Successful Testing

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Raytheon Deutschland have tested a new sensor option on GA-ASI's MQ-9 platform. Called the advanced radar detection system, the sensor offers passive, wide-area electronic intelligence (ELINT)…

Profiles

Discussing the Evolution of Autonomy with General Atomics' Chief Engineer

Chen Li makes military drones easier and more efficient to control as chief engineer for automation and autonomy for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI). A Chinese immigrant who came to America…

Military

Belgium Ready to Negotiate for MQ-9B Purchase

Belgium's government has approved the start of negotiations for the purchase of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SkyGaurdian. As it is a foreign military sale from California-based General Atomics, the…

Military

Control Six MQ-9 Reapers From Your Laptop With GA-ASI's Heresy Software

General Atomics wants it to be so easy to manage drones that, using the company's Heresy multi-mission control (MMC) software, one operator can oversee a half-dozen large UAS, assigning tasks and monitoring…

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CCA Challenge: Accommodating Sensor Processing to Meet Size, Weight, Power, Cost Goals

AI & Autonomy

GA-ASI Completes Final Qualification Test For Gray Eagle’s New HFE 2.0 Engine

AI & Autonomy

GA-ASI's SkyGuardian UAS Completes Detect-and-Avoid Flights for the FAA

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Getting BVLOS off the Ground with 91.113

Military

GA-ASI MQ-9B SkyGuardian Demos Satcom, Laptop-Controlled Mission

Military

'Team Reaper Australia' Takes Shape as GA-ASI Names 10 MQ-9 Partners

Unmanned

New MQ-9 Sensor Option Undergoes Successful Testing

Profiles

Discussing the Evolution of Autonomy with General Atomics' Chief Engineer

Military

Belgium Ready to Negotiate for MQ-9B Purchase

Military

Control Six MQ-9 Reapers From Your Laptop With GA-ASI's Heresy Software