Electromagnetic Systems (GA‑EMS) announced today the promotion of Mike Rucker to vice president of the Weapons Programs Division. Rucker, who has held positions of increasing responsibility since joining General Atomics in 2003, will have overall leadership and day-to-day operations responsibilities for GA‑EMS’ Missile Defense and Advanced Weapons Systems portfolio.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is developing the addition of long-range standoff weapons to its top-of-the-line MQ-9B SkyGuardian^® and SeaGuardian^®.

In collaboration with the U.S. Air Force, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) conducted its latest demonstration performing an autonomous mission out of Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California using its MQ-20 Avenger® unmanned jet and an F-22 Raptor equipped with the latest government reference autonomy software.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is giving its U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft a new name: YFQ-42A Dark Merlin. Dark merlins, deadly falcons known for their black feathers and devouring of other falcons as prey, often collaborate in groups for maximum effect against their targets.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have established a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance innovation in industrial manufacturing of advanced ceramic matrix composites for extreme environments.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., (GA-ASI) welcomes the February 17 announcement confirming that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) uncrewed air superiority system known as LongShot has received U.S. Air Force designation X-68A.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) passed a new milestone this month, successfully integrating 3rd-party mission autonomy into the YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft to conduct its first semi-autonomous airborne mission.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) was competitively selected by the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) for evaluation in the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Entergy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to accelerate implementation of the GA-EMS’ SiGA^® silicon carbide (SiC) composite nuclear fuel rod cladding by acquiring irradiation data in a commercial light water nuclear reactor.

GA-ASI and the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies presented the 2024 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Squadron of the Year Award to the 184th Attack Squadron (ATKS) from the Ebbing Air National Guard Base.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that Timothy Neetz has joined the organization as senior director of Remote Space Sensing Satellites. Neetz will be responsible for expanding GA-EMS’s Remote Space Sensing Systems’ portfolio leading complex, high-consequence space programs from early concept to execution.

A senior scientist at General Atomics has earned national recognition for helping to shape the way fusion devices are operated worldwide. Adrianus “George” Sips, senior director at General Atomics, was honored recently by the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics for his contributions to fusion science, particularly his pioneering work in tokamak scenario development.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the world leader in unmanned aircraft systems, and Calidus Aerospace, one of the leading defense and manufacturing companies, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the prospective co-production of MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Gambit Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) in the UAE, as well as command and control and battle management systems.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) –– the world leader in unmanned systems – and Barzan Holdings, Qatar’s national defence and security leader, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the development of advanced Battle Management software capabilities.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) began construction January 14 on a new hangar at El Mirage Airfield in El Mirage, California. The new construction is in the high desert of Southern California adjacent to GA-ASI’s current Desert Horizon Flight Operations Facility.

In its latest demonstration of advanced autonomy development, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) successfully executed a mission autonomy flight using its MQ-20 Avenger® jet equipped with the latest government reference autonomy software.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the U.S. Navy continue to expand the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capability of the MQ-9B SeaGuardian® Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully integrated a dual-instrument payload onto a GA-150 satellite for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2) mission.

Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support and the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) have announced the procurement of eight MQ-9B SeaGuardian® Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI).

More than 200 leaders from science, government, industry, and academia gathered today to accelerate California’s growing role as the nation’s top fusion energy hub. The event, called Accelerating California’s Fusion Energy Economy, marks California’s first statewide convening dedicated to advancing research, development, demonstration, and deployment of fusion energy.