General Atomics

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is thrilled to salute its team members who were recognized by the San Diego section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) with awards for outstanding achievement. GA-ASI engineers and program teams were awarded for outstanding achievement in aerospace management, aerospace engineering, aerospace organization, and lifetime achievement. The awards were presented at an event hosted by the AIAA on May 3, 2025.

Engineers at General Atomics (GA) have reached a key milestone, completing the final shipment of critical corrugated waveguide components to the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA) Culham Campus. The delivery supports an upgrade to the Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak (MAST) Upgrade machine, a next-generation fusion experiment that will soon test the novel plasma heating method called Electron Bernstein Wave (EBW) heating.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is pleased to move into the ground testing phase of development on the YFQ-42A production-representative test vehicle for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program in preparation for its planned first flight later this summer. Ground testing began May 7.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has successfully integrated the advanced Optix software—developed by General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc. (GA-i3)—into the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Common Intelligence Picture (CIP) for a multi-service Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course.