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    GA-ASI Partnering With Spirit Defense For FQ-42 CCA Production

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the world leader in Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), today is announcing our partnership with Spirit Defense, a Boeing Company, to support airframe production of the new FQ-42 Vengeance Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA).

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    General Atomics Takes on Lead Industrial Role to Tackle America's Nuclear Waste Challenge

    America has spent decades searching for a better answer to one of nuclear energy’s toughest questions: what to do with used nuclear fuel that can remain hazardous for thousands of years. Now, General Atomics (GA) is taking on a lead industrial role in a collaborative project to develop technology that could make large-scale nuclear waste processing more practical and affordable in the United States.

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    GA-ASI Completes Flight Test of New ESM System on Gray Eagle UAS

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has completed flight testing of the SNC Electronic Support Measures (ESM) system on the MQ-1C Gray Eagle® Extended Range (ER) Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS). The U.S. Army is evaluating numerous ways to modernize the Gray Eagle to provide critical information to ground commanders using long-range sensing to detect and target hostile Integrated Air Defense Systems (IADS).

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    Arizona To Become First Gray Eagle Company in the ARNG

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the Arizona Army National Guard (AZARNG) met over the summer to finalize plans for the arrival of eight Gray Eagle® 25Ms (GE 25M) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in September 2027.

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    GA-ASI Recognizes Suppliers for Quality

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has launched a new annual Supplier Quality Recognition program intended to recognize small businesses that demonstrate exceptional quality performance and leadership as well as a commitment to continuous improvement.

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    GA-ASI Teams With U.S. Navy To Demonstrate Collaborative Autonomous Mission Planning for Simulated Battle

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the U.S. Navy’s Strike Planning and Execution Systems program office (PMX-281) collaborated on a demonstration of collaborative autonomous mission planning using GA-ASI’s MQ-20 Avenger® Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) test aircraft on September 10 from GA-ASI’s Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility near Palmdale, California, and the Mission Operations Center located in Poway, California.

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    California Governor Signs Fusion Energy Bill Into Law, Strengthening the State's Leadership in the Global Fusion Race

    SB 925 directs the California Energy Commission to develop a statewide strategy for advancing fusion research, bringing the technology to market, and creating a clearer path for siting and constructing future facilities.

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    GA-ASI Demonstrates Disaster Relief Comms System With SoftBank Corp.

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has completed a successful flight test using its MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) featuring a new communications payload developed by SoftBank Corp., a major Japanese telecommunications and technology operator.

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    U.S. Navy Evaluates SeaGuardian UAS at Whidbey Island

    The U.S. Navy (USN) recently evaluated the MQ-9B SeaGuardian® from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) at the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force (MPRF) Commander’s Operational Group (COG) at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI), Oak Harbor, Washington.

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    FQ-42 Vengeance Finds New Home at Creech Air Force Base

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) congratulates the U.S. Air Force (USAF) on the pace of progress for its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, which features the FQ-42 Vengeance designed and produced by GA-ASI.

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    GA-ASI Mojave First UAS To Complete Battlefield Short Field Ops

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Hanwha Aerospace have completed the first-ever flight operations from a simulated battlefield by a medium altitude, long endurance uncrewed aircraft.

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    GA-ASI and Tactical Air Support Showcase How Passive Sensing and Semi-Autonomous Aircraft Close Kill Chains Versus Adversaries

    On July 21, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Tactical Air Support, Inc. collaborated on a flight test during a large force exercise that demonstrated Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Multi-Ship Ranging (MSR).

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    GA-ASI Opening a New Facility in Dayton, Ohio

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the world leader in Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, JobsOhio and the Dayton Development Coalition today announced that GA-ASI is expanding its footprint with a new 22,000-square-foot innovation hub in Dayton, Ohio, focusing on hardware and software development for U.S. Air Force (USAF) programs.

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    GA-ASI Unveils Wildfire UAS for Military, Civil and Commercial Roles

    The world leader in Uncrewed Aircraft Systems, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is pleased to announce its groundbreaking Wildfire UAS, a clean-sheet aircraft designed to maximize future investments in large uncrewed aircraft that incorporates lessons learned over decades of large-scale global UAS operations.

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    Italy Orders Two More MQ-9A Block 5 Reapers

    The Italian Air Force (ItAF) has ordered two new MQ-9A Block 5 Reaper® Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI).

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    Tom Burke Joins GA-ASI

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) welcomes Tom Burke, retired Air Vice-Marshal for the Royal Air Force (RAF), as the company’s new Vice President of International Strategic Development for the United Kingdom.

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    GA-ASI and Fujitsu Sign MOU for the Maintenance and Operation of UAS in Japan

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Fujitsu Limited (Fujitsu) today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the establishment of maintenance and operational support capabilities for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in Japan as well as their commitment to future technical collaboration.

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    General Atomics Microreactor Selected for US Army Janus Program

    General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) today announced its selection by the U.S. Army as one of multiple industry partners for the Janus Program to advance the General Atomics Tactical Energy System (GA‑TES) for future deployment.

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    General Atomics Official Statement in response to the National Security Memo President Trump signed on August 13 titled "Rebuilding the United States Navy and America's Shipbuilding Industrial Base":

    The decision will have broader implications for carrier readiness, national security, and U.S. technological superiority, potentially creating opportunities for adversaries to close the capability gap. It also comes at a time when strengthening the U.S. supplier industrial base is a national priority, making workforce stability, production capacity, and the ability to sustain critical technologies more important than ever.

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    General Atomics Supports Small Business as a Gold Sponsor of the 38th Annual Navy Gold Coast Procurement Event

    General Atomics (GA) and its affiliate, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), are proud to be a collective Gold Sponsor of the 38th annual Department of the Navy Gold Coast Small Business Exposition at the San Diego Convention Center, August 17-20, 2026.