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GA-ASI awarded smart sensor JAIC contract

Air November 30, 2020

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.(GA-ASI) has been awarded a $93.3 million contract from the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) to enhance the autonomous sensing capabilities of unmanned aircraft. The goal of the JAIC Smart Sensor project is to advance Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology by demonstrating object recognition algorithms using an unmanned ...

GA-ASI selects 18 companies for Virtual Blue Magic Belgium

Air September 7, 2020

As part of the second annual “Blue Magic Belgium” industry engagement event hosted by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), 18 Belgium-based companies have been selected to present their ideas and cutting-edge capabilities to a panel of GA-ASI technical experts. The panel will evaluate the companies in a virtual interview setting ...

GA-ASI signs SkyGuardian contract for Belgium

Air August 25, 2020

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has signed a Foreign Military Sales contract with the US Air Force for Belgian Ministry of Defense to acquire the MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS). The SkyGuardian contract covers the design, development, integration and production of the RPAS with its EO/IR video and ...

GA-ASI carries out JCG’s validation flights in Japan

Air July 13, 2020

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) have announced that they are to partner with Asia Air Survey (AAS) to hold a series of validation flights for the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) featuring GA-ASI’s SeaGuardian beginning in mid-September. The purpose of the flights is to validate the wide-area maritime surveillance capabilities of RPAS ...