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GA-ASI uses autonomy to close F2T2EA engagement chain

Air January 10, 2024

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) demonstrated its rapidly maturing open standards-based autonomy ecosystem for Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAVs) on an MQ-20 Avenger as part of a live flight test on Nov. 2, 2023. The flight combined three autonomy providers, government-provided human-machine interface (HMI) hardware, and GA-ASI’s autonomy core to ...

GA-ASI Partners with EDGE to Integrate Smart Weapons onto MQ-9B

Air November 14, 2023

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and EDGE have announced an agreement to integrate EDGE smart weapons onto GA-ASI’s MQ-9B SkyGuardian RPA. Under the agreement announced at the Dubai Airshow, the two companies will work together to integrate precision-guided munition (PGM) and guided-glide weapon (GGW) solutions from EDGE onto GA-ASI’s MQ-9B ...

GA-ASI chosen for Japan Coast Guard RPAS project

Air April 13, 2022

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) has been selected to support the Japan Coast Guard’s (JCG) RPAS Project. Operations will feature GA-ASI’s MQ-9B SeaGuardian and begin in October 2022. SeaGuardian will be used to conduct wide-area maritime surveillance to support JCG’s missions, which include search and rescue, disaster response, and maritime law enforcement. This project ...

GA-ASI announces new Mojave unmanned aircraft system

December 17, 2021

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is unveiling a new Unmanned Aircraft System called Mojave, named for one of the harshest and most austere areas the world, where deadly rattlesnakes and horned lizards adapt to survive the extreme forces of nature. Mojave is based on the avionics and flight control systems ...