The first model in General Atomics‘ Predator series made its initial flight in July 1994 and became operational with the U.S. military in 1995. More than 320 of the original Predator A drones ...

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 ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that one of its MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) has completed its first ferry flight. On January 8, 2020, the unmanned prop ...

A detect-and-avoid (DAA) avionics system developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems ... The DAA system installed on Ikhana, a NASA-owned Predator B/MQ-9 UAS, enabled the drone to meet ...

Trials on the NASA Ikhana Predator B are slated to begin in November. The DAA system will be demonstrated in November on the NASA Ikhana, a Predator B unmanned aircraft (Photo: NASA) ...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 14, 2016 ” The extended-range version of General Atomics‘ Predator C Avenger remotely piloted aircraft has completed its first flight over the company’s Gray Butte ...

The new Predator Mission Trainer upgrade was said to enhance mission realism with improved visual graphics and offer instructors streamlined control for a more efficient and student-focused learning ...

In 2011 the 268th and last MQ-1 left the General Atomics plant. By then it had accumulated more than 1 million flight hours ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems ... also developed a Detect and Avoid (DAA) system to facilitate the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems into civil airspace in addition to combat ...

SINGAPORE—Buoyed by Australia’s recent selection of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian for its armed unmanned air system (UAS) needs, General Atomics is ... surveillance Predator-based aircraft, command ...