General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
The Defense Department is going shopping in a bid to gain information on everything from loitering attack munitions to Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The additional orders come after the Air Force selected Anduril and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) for CCA Increment 1 prototypes in April.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
South Korea and GA-ASI conducted a demonstration flight of the Mojave uncrewed aircraft system from the ROKN amphibious assault ship LPH-6111 Dokdo.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force’s top commander has refuted the Lockheed Martin CEO’s characterization of the first batch of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A GA-ASI spokesman defended the company’s Increment 1 prototype, but did not criticize the remarks directly.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
As satellite operators turn to smaller, proliferated spacecraft to protect space-based capabilities, industry sees ground stations as a new target for attacks.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
Aurora’s Liberty Lifter; stratospheric HAPS; Radian’s subscale spaceplane; and GAC plans winged eVTOL air taxi.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
General Atomics AeroTec Systems has begun final assembly of the first wing for the Do228 NXT, four years after acquiring the program from Switzerland’s RUAG.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The USAF secretary is targeting an F-22 replacement's per-unit cost near that of an F-35 or F-15EX .
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Left out of the first round of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, Lockheed Martin is now looking at cheaper, less capable designs for the next round.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The deep-pocketed Silicon Valley startup is chasing air dominance programs with a new design philosophy.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
Space-to-space and space-to-air tests are planned to prove optical communications capability.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
New technologies are leveraging the advantages of GEO.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Divergent Technologies’ fixtureless assembly cell uses 23 robotic arms to build structures.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
The Japan Coast Guard has acquired a pair of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B Sea Guardians.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A new U.S. defense project is devoted to converting two General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-20s into air-to-air adversaries for training fighter pilots.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force has awarded contracts to five companies to develop the autonomy software to be used to fly its first increment of Collaborative Combat Aircraft,
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Defense officials are divided about the U.S. Air Force’s plan for Collaborative Combat Aircraft
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A new engine war is brewing for the MQ-9 Reaper after GA-ASI flew a second engine type onboard the UAS earlier this month.
GASCC & RIAT

By Steve Trimble
A Northrop spokesman did not immediately respond to Alexander’s statements.
GASCC & RIAT

By Brian Everstine
Frank Kendall has spent his time as secretary working to reshape the Air Force—but will his work outlast him?
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Force has awarded contracts to Blue Origin, CACI International, General Atomics and Viasat to develop space laser-communication terminal prototypes.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The Defense Innovation Unit launched a competition on June 14 on the Navy’s behalf, calling for written responses to an urgent request in two weeks.
Missile Defense & Weapons