SAN DIEGO, CA, 21 December 2016 – General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has been awarded a contract for a six-module Gulftronic™ Electrostatic Separator system for installation at the Hyundai Oilbank Co. Ltd. (HDO) Daesan refinery in the Republic of Korea.

Capital Aircraft Takes Flight, Integration of First Production Aircraft Begins Next MonthSAN DIEGO – 8 December 2016 –General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems, today announced the commencement of flight testing for its MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (ER) series with the successful first flight of the company’s production repres...

OTTAWA, 7 December 2016 – Nordion, a standalone business of Sterigenics International, in partnership with General Atomics (GA), welcome today's award by the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of the Phase II cooperative agreement funding to GA to complete its project with Nordion and the University of Missouri Research Reactor Center (MURR®). This Phase II funding will support the establishment of a new, reliable supply o...

F/A-18 Super Hornet Arrested During Testing SAN DIEGO, CA, 1 DEC 2016 - General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system successfully completed the first fly-in aircraft recovery of an F/A-18E Super Hornet on October 13, 2016 at the Runway Arrested Landing Site (RALS) at Joint base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey. The F/A-18E fly-in recovery follows more than 200 successful roll-in test arrestments at the site since Marc...

Leading RPA Manufacturer Seeks Spanish Defence Industry SuppliersSAN DIEGO – 29 November 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPAS) systems, tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, has announced that it intends to hold three 'industry days' across Spain in January 2017.GA-ASI was selected by the Spanish Ministry of Defence to provide the Predator B RPAS...

SAN DIEGO – 28 November 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that its Type-Certifiable Predator® B (TCPB) variant completed its first flight test at the company's Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility near Palmdale, Calif., on November 17th."The first flight of our Certifiable Predator-B aircraft is a m...

SAN DIEGO, CA, 16 NOV 2016 – General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has been awarded a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in support of the Verification of the Origin of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment – Southeast (VORTEX-SE) research program. GA-EMS and the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), each under separate NOAA grants, will form a collaborative research team to further study and assess infrasound tech...

Potential to Deliver Humanitarian Rations to 3,400 People Daily SAN DIEGO – 14 November 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, announced today that it can provide a company-owned aircraft to support humanitarian relief efforts.“Angel One,” an aircraft based on the jet-propelled Predator® RPA system owned and oper...

Avenger Continues to Grow in Endurance and Capability – SAN DIEGO – 10 November 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced the successful first flight of its new Avenger® Extended Range (ER) aircraft, an extended range version of its multi-mission jet-powered Predator® C Avenger which has accumulated over 13,000 flig...

Capability Significantly Reduces Operator Training Costs and Landing Incidents – SAN DIEGO – 19 October 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), radars, and electro-optic and related mission solutions, today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has released its newest flight software which fields GA-ASI's proprietary Automatic Takeoff and Landing...

Showcases Multi-Role, Multi-Mission, and Interoperable Capabilities – JAPAN INTERNATIONAL AEROSPACE, TOKYO – 12 October 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), the leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that it will have a significant presence at the Japan International Aerospace show in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 12-15, including hands-on demonstrations of its Advanced...

Premier Software Solution Nirvana 5.0 Boosts Performance and Reduces Storage Costs – San Diego, October 6, 2016 – General Atomics (GA) today announced the next generation of Nirvana – a premier metadata, data placement and data management software solution for the most demanding workflows in Life Sciences, Scientific Research, Media & Entertainment and Energy Exploration.Nirvana 5.0 reduces storage costs by 75%* by turning geographically dispersed, multiple vendor storage silos into...

Network Centric Communications Pod Enhances Long-Range Communications – MODERN DAY MARINE, QUANTICO, Va. – 27 September 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that its Network Centric Communications Pod (NCCP) successfully demonstrated the ability to provide a robust communications data link between Unmanned Aircraft Sys...

SAN DIEGO, CA, 22 SEPTEMBER 2016 – General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin to provide Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant (LiFT) battery systems for use on U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) new Dry Combat Submersible (DCS), a long endurance delivery vehicle capable of transporting divers in a dry environment. The GA-EMS LiFT battery system will power the DCS propulsion and internal support systems.“We are...

RPA Fleet Enables Customers Worldwide with Round-the-Clock System Availability AFA AIR, SPACE & CYBER, WASHINGTON – 20 September 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that its Predator®-series family of aircraft, including MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper®, and MQ-1C Gray Eagle, has achieved a historic industry mileston...

Multiple Containers to Support Railgun Program – SAN DIEGO, CA, 13 SEPT 2016 – General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has delivered the first of multiple pulsed power containers to the U.S. Navy in support of the railgun development and testing program. Each container includes pulsed power modules and a pulsed power control system for ease of integration into the Navy's Command and Control infrastructure."Our advanced energy technologies coupled wit...

Ground and Flight Testing to Commence This Fall – SAN DIEGO – 7 September 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that aircraft integration of its new Certifiable Predator® B (CPB) RPA system has been completed at the company's Poway, Calif., production facility and that the aircraft has been shipped to its Gray B...

Department of Energy Internships with GA Help Prepare Next Generation of Scientists – SAN DIEGO – 02 September 2016 – General Atomics (GA) said farewell to a team of ten summer interns who completed the prestigious Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and thanked them for their diligence and ingenuity as they worked in GA's laboratories. With the goal of harnessing the same power as produced by the sun and ...

Students Poised to Deploy as Academy Ramps Up Operations – SAN DIEGO – 25 August 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that the company's new Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Flight Training Academy graduated its first cadre of GA-ASI aircrews on August 12th."Our first graduates have benefitted from safe, effecti...

SAN DIEGO, CA, 22 AUGUST 2016 - General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has received an order for a 16-module Gulftronic™ Electrostatic Separator system for installation at the new Residue Upgrading Complex (RUC) project at S-Oil Corporation’s Onsan refinery in the Republic of Korea.“We are very pleased to be working with S-Oil and their contractor, DDJV (a joint venture of Daelim Industrial, Co., Ltd. and Daewoo Engineering & Construct...

SAN DIEGO, CA, 22 AUGUST 2016 - General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today it has delivered twenty Infrasound Collection Element (ICE) sensors to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) for research of early tornado detection and real-time tornado tracking.“We are extremely proud to have our ICE sensors play a key role in tornado detection,” says Hank Rinehart, business area director for Surveillance and Sensor Systems at GA-EMS. “Our twenty yea...

Predator B Detects and Tracks Ballistic Missile in Pacific Dragon Exercise – SAN DIEGO – 15 August 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that through a contract with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), it executed a missile tracking test as part of the Pacific Dragon (PD) exercise held June 26-28 off the coast of th...

Flight Demonstrates Ability to Perform Commercial Operations in National Airspace – SAN DIEGO – 28 July 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced the successful first flight of a company-owned Predator® A at GA-ASI’s new Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Flight Training Academy in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on July 2...

Systems Installed at Watts Bar Unit 2 – SAN DIEGO, CA, 26 July 2016 - General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that its radiation monitoring systems have been successfully installed throughout the first new U.S. nuclear power plant scheduled to be put into operation since 1996. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) selected GA-EMS to provide full plant radiation monitoring systems for the new Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear power plant.

Plans to Open Local Office, Enhance Country’s Maritime Security – FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW – 12 July 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that it plans to expand its presence in India and open an office in New Delhi by the end of the year.GA-ASI recognizes the importance of India and looks forward to wo...

Agreement Supports RPA Operational Approval for Flights in European Airspace – FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW – 12 July 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, and the NLR-Netherlands Aerospace Centre today announced that they have executed an agreement to support expanded operational approval for GA-ASI RPA to fly in non-segregated ...

Reaper Replacement to Commence in 2018 – FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW – 11 JULY 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that the UK Ministry of Defence has selected the Certifiable Predator® B (CPB) RPA system, with some specific modifications, to fulfill the country's future armed Intelligence, Surveillance...

Fleet Surpasses 10,000 Flight Hours FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW – 11 July 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that its company-owned Predator® C Avenger® RPA system has achieved a historic milestone in receiving a FAA-issued Experimental Certificate (EC), enabling it to perform routine operations in t...

System Adds ELINT Capability to Multi-mission RPA – SAN DIEGO – 7 July 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic and related mission system solutions, and Raytheon Deutschland GmbH, a leading manufacturer of airborne electronic warfare and sensor systems and airborne radars, today announced that they will integrate the Advanced Radar Detection System (AR...

Marks First Step of Physical Production; Flight Testing Planned for Late 2016 – SAN DIEGO – 6 July 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that fuselage integration of its new Certifiable Predator® B (CPB) RPA system in now underway. "The start of fuselage integration for the CPB aircraft represents a signif...

SAN DIEGO, CA, 30 JUNE 2016 – General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has successfully developed and demonstrated pulsed power capacitors with an energy content of more than 415 kilojoules (kJ), breaking a previous record established by GA-EMS by more than 20%.   "This represents what we consider a significant, world-record-breaking milestone in the development of higher energy density capacitors," stated Nick Bucci, vice president of Mi...

Second Consecutive Appraisal Validates Company's Commitment to Continuous Improvement – SAN DIEGO – 30 June 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that the Development and Production processes of its Aircraft Systems business unit ("Full-Directed Programs, Systems, and Software") have been appraised at Matu...

Company Receives Awards for Outstanding Achievement by an Aerospace Organization, Outstanding Contributions to Aerospace Management and the AIAA San Diego Section SAN DIEGO – 30 June 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that it recently has been honored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA...

SAN DIEGO, CA, 20 June 2016 - General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has received an order for an 18 module Gulftronic™ Electrostatic Separator for installation at the Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company SAOC (Orpic) Sohar refinery in the Sultanate of Oman.  The Gulftronic system will replace an existing mechanical filtration system installed in 2008 at Orpic's Sohar refinery in order to meet the plant's operational deman...

Demonstrates U2-class Surveillance Capability from Significant Standoff Ranges – SAN DIEGO – 13 June 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced the successful flight tests of Predator® C Avenger®, equipped with a MS-177 Electro-optical/Infrared (EO/IR) sensor manufactured by UTC Aerospace Systems.MS-177, an advanced ...

Agreement Supports Commitment to Integrate New Dutch/European Capabilities AIR SHOW – 2 June 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, and GKN Aerospace’s Fokker business unit, a leading Dutch aircraft systems and components manufacturer, today announced that they will collaborate to produce and support landing gear systems for Pre...

First Integration and Evaluation of Due Regard Radar Aboard Customer Aircraft ILA BERLIN AIR SHOW – 1 June 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced the successful operational testing of a Detect and Avoid (DAA) system including GA-ASI's Due Regard Radar (DRR) aboard a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Guardian...

Test Program Validates Long-Endurance Capability ILA BERLIN AIR SHOW – 1 June 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced the longest endurance flight of the Predator® B/MQ-9 Reaper® Big Wing aircraft, a next-generation derivative of the combat-proven Predator B RPA."This long-endurance flight demonstrates Pred...

Marks First Sovereign Payload Integrated Aboard Customer Aircraft ILA BERLIN AIR SHOW – 2 June 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic and related mission system solutions, today announced that it will integrate RecceLite™, a versatile imagery reconnaissance pod, onto an Italian Air Force (ItAF) Predator® B/MQ-9. RecceLite is manufactured b...

Company Positioning Predator B - Guardian Eagle for Germany SAN DIEGO – 29 May 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, tactical radars, and electro-optic and related mission system solutions, today announced that it will have a significant presence at the upcoming ILA show in Berlin, Germany, June 1-4, including a full-scale, company-owned Predator® B RPA."The ILA Berlin Air Show marks the...

General Atomics is Building ITER's Central Solenoid, the Heart of the Fusion Reactor SAN DIEGO, CA – 26 May 2016 – Dr. Jeff Quintenz, Senior Vice President of General Atomics' Energy Group, issued the following statement on Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz's report released today recommending continued U.S. support for ITER, the world's largest magnetic fusion device designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a large-scale and carbon-free source of energy based on the...

Collaboration Supports Industrial Opportunities for North Dakota Workforce SAN DIEGO – 25 May 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced two contracts in support of GA-ASI's new RPA Training Academy in Grand Forks, North Dakota.GA-ASI will collaborate with the UND Aerospace Foundation located at the University of North...

Advanced Reactor Concepts Must Solve All Four Core Objectives: Cost, Safety, Proliferation, and Waste WASHINGTON – 17 May 2016 – In written testimony submitted to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for their hearing examining "The Status Of Advanced Nuclear Technologies," Dr. Christina Back, Vice President, Nuclear Technologies and Materials for General Atomics and lead physicist responsible for the Energy Multiplier Module (EM2), an advanced reactor concept, ...

SAN DIEGO, CA, 12 MAY 2016 – General Atomics (GA) announced today the company held a Ribbon-Cutting ceremony at its facility in the Cummings Research Park in Huntsville, Alabama, on Friday, May 6th, 2016.  The ceremony marked the expansion of GA's operations in the Huntsville area, a growing center for research, science and technology enterprises.   "Huntsville represents a key center of excellence for U.S. space and defense technology research and development,"...

MADRID (SPAIN) – 5 May 2016 – Madrid (Spain), May 5, 2016 - The SENER engineering firm, along with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) in Spain, will be at UNVEX 2016 offering information about GA-ASI’s remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) Predator ® B, recently purchased by the Spanish Armed Forces. A one-sixth scale model of Predator B will be on show at a stand shared by both companies.In addition, GA-ASI’s Regional Vice Preside...

Major Step in Validating Aircraft Airworthiness Achieved SAN DIEGO – 4 May 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that it has successfully completed fuselage structural integrity testing of its Certifiable Predator® B (CPB) RPA. "Completion of this testing signifies that the design of the new fuselage wil...

SAN DIEGO, CA, 25 April 2016 – General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that its Blitzer® electromagnetic railgun system was demonstrated at the U.S. Army's Fires Center of Excellence annual Maneuver and Fires Integration Experiment (MFIX), April 4-21 at Ft. Sill in Lawton, OK.

Dr. Christina Back, Vice President of Nuclear Technologies and Materials for General Atomics testifies before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works CommitteeEM2 Advanced Reactor Concept Solving All Four Core Challenges Facing Nuclear IndustryWashington, D.C., 21 April 2016 – Dr.

Testing Verifies Safety, Functionality – SAN DIEGO, CA, 11 April 2016 – General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced its Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant (LiFT™) battery has successfully undergone on-hull demonstration testing on a Special Operations Command (SOCOM) undersea vehicle. The LiFT battery, integrated on the undersea vehicle by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, achieved Det Norske Veritas Germanischer Lloyd (DNV-GL) certification and over 60 hours of at-se...

San Diego, CA, 01 April 2016 - General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today the first successful completion of an aircraft arrestment made with the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) March 31. GA-EMS, in collaboration with the U.S. Navy, conducted the arrestment of an F/A-18E Super Hornet at the Runway Arrested Landing Site (RALS) located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, in Lakehurst, New Jersey.

San Diego, CA, 13 March 2016 - General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that their hypersonic projectiles with prototype components for their Guidance Electronics Unit (GEU) successfully performed programmed actions and communicated component performance to a ground station via a telemetry link in tests carried out 7-9 March 2016 at the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. The GEU, housed in the aerodynamically stable test projectile consists of a number of components...

San Diego, CA, 25 February 2016 –  General Atomics (GA) today announced that it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Miltec Corporation (Miltec) from Ducommun Incorporated.  Based in Huntsville, AL, Miltec is a leading provider of military defense and aerospace systems design, development, integration and test services.  Miltec will be a part of the Electromagnetic Systems (EMS) group of GA.  The completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing condit...

Upgrade Dramatically Increases Flight Time; Advances Next-Gen Predator AFA AIR WARFARE, WASHINGTON – 25 February 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced the successful first flight of Predator® B/MQ-9 Reaper® Extended Range (ER) Long Wing, retrofitted with improved long-endurance wings with greater internal fue...

San Diego, CA, 23 February 2016 - General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today the company has been awarded multiple contracts to deliver Radiation Monitoring Systems (RMS) to support the U.S. nuclear power plants required to conform to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Order EA-13-109, which calls for the installation of reliable radiation monitors and Hardened Containment Vent Systems (HCVS) at plants with Boiling Water Reactors (BWR) with Mark I and II containments per p...

GA-ASI and SENER Teamed to Provide Capability to Spain SAN DIEGO – 17 February 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced its notification of Spain's selection of the Predator® B/MQ-9 Reaper® RPA system to support the nation's airborne surveillance and reconnaissance requirements.The Spanish Ministry of De...

San Diego, CA, 08 January 2016 - General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that projectiles with prototype components for a Control and Actuation System (CAS) successfully performed programmed actions and communicated component performance to a ground station via a telemetry link in tests carried out 7-10 December 2015 at the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. Fired at accelerations greater than 30,000 times that of gravity from GA-EMS’ 3 mega joul...