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General Atomics LINCS system launched successfully and deployed

Air July 5, 2021

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has announced that, in partnership with the Space Development Agency (SDA), its Laser Interconnect and Networking Communications System (LINCS) satellites were successfully launched on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Transporter-2 mission. The two 12U cubesats that make up the LINCS system were ...

GA-EMS delivers nuclear thermal propulsion concept to NASA

Air September 24, 2020

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has delivered a design concept of a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) reactor to power future astronaut missions to Mars for a NASA-funded study. The study, managed by Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA), explored a design space defined by key performance parameters as well as figures of merit. ...

General Atomics to deliver radiation monitoring systems for Millstone 3 Nuclear Power Station

Homeland July 15, 2020

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) have announced  that it has been awarded a contract from Dominion Energy to deliver Radiation Monitoring Systems for the Millstone Power Station, Unit 3 in Waterford CT. GA-EMS will manufacture and deliver a full complement of radiation monitoring systems throughout the Millstone plant. “When faced with the ...

General Atomics partners with SDA to demonstrate optical intersatellite link

Air June 18, 2020

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that it has partnered with the US Space Development Agency (SDA) to demonstrate and conduct a series of experiments for an Optical Intersatellite Link (OISL) utilising GA-EMS’s internally developed 1550nm (nanometer) wavelength laser communication terminals (LCTs). This will be one of the first Department of ...