Tag Archives: RPAS

GA-ASI Starts SeaGuardian Validation Flights in Japan

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. kicked off a series of validation flights on Oct. 15 for Japan Coast Guard (JCG) in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. GA-ASI is working with Asia Air Survey (AAS) in Japan to conduct the flights. Continue reading →

European Maritime Safety Agency Tests RPAS in Mediterranean

Aiming to test the use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) in enhancing the maritime awareness picture in the French Mediterranean Sea, Secrétariat Général de la Mer requested the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to set-up a multipurpose maritime surveillance operation, having the Navy (Marine Nationale) and customs (Douanes) as the strategic and tactical leaders of the operation. Continue reading →

MQ-NEXT: US Air Force Considers Reaper Replacement

The General Atomics-built MQ-9 Reaper — a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle with millions of hours of operation under its belt — has had a ubiquitous presence over battlefields in the Middle East. But with the Pentagon preparing for future fights in contested, non-permissive environments against peer adversaries, the service is beginning its search for the aircraft’s replacement. Continue reading →

GA-ASI Demonstrates AI Driven Targeting Computer with AFRL’s Agile Condor Pod

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., with the support of SRC Inc., successfully integrated and flew the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Agile Condor Pod on an MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft  at GA-ASI’s Flight Test and Training Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota Continue reading →

GA-ASI Gets $27M US Navy Reaper Contract

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, is awarded a $26,866,441 firm-fixed-price contract that procures two MQ-9A Reaper unmanned air systems (UAS); one dual control mobile ground control station; one modular data center; and one mobile ground control station for Group 5 UAS intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services/persistent strike efforts. Continue reading →

GMV to Supply Aurea Avionics Seeker to Spanish MoD

The technology multinational GMV has won a contract under the Spanish MoD’s RAPAZ program for the supply of four Class I Seeker RPAS, to be integrated into the intelligence units of the Paratrooper Brigade and the Tercio de Armada de Infantería de Marina (Marine Infantry Protection Force), thus providing them with the most advanced version of the unmanned aircraft Seeker. Continue reading →