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

GA Gets $134M Deal For Advanced Reaper Sensor

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Monday awarded General Atomics (GA) Electromagnetic Systems a $134 million contract to finish the development, integration and flight test of an advanced sensor on MQ-9 Reaper drones. The…

Commercial

BVLOS Commercial Drone Flights Launch at Grand Sky

Grand Sky Drone Park at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota kicked off the country's first approved beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) large commercial unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flight operations Monday. To mark…

Unmanned

GA-ASI Guardian's Japan Demo is Country's First

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems' (GA-ASI) Guardian remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) has concluded its first large-scale demonstration flights in Japan. The demonstration flights, which took place from May 10-23, were intended to promote…

Unmanned

GA-ASI Detect and Avoid Tech Enables FAA-Approved Flight

A detect-and-avoid (DAA) avionics system developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) helped enable an unmanned flight through the National Airspace System (NAS) after taking off from Southern California today. The DAA…

Military

Long-Range Coast Guard Drone to Undergo Tech Demo

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a draft solicitation related to a forthcoming technology demonstration of long-range, ultra-endurance unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for potential use finding and tracking illegal drug and migrant…