Company
General Atomics
General Atomics is a defense and diversified technologies company whose affiliates include GA Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a maker of unmanned aircraft. ↗
| Headquarters | San Diego ↗ |
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| Founded | 1955 ↗ |
| Leadership | Neal Blue, Chairman and CEO ↗; Neal Blue, founder and Chairman of GA-ASI ↗ |
| Employees | 14,000+ ↗ |
| Department of War obligations | $10.5 billion in prime contracts since fiscal 2022 ↗ |
| Ownership | Private; Blue family ↗ |
| Website | www.ga.com ↗ |
Products
- MQ-9B SkyGuardian is a remotely piloted aircraft designed to fly over the horizon via satellite for up to 40+ hours in all types of weather. ↗
- SeaGuardian is the maritime configuration of the MQ-9B, with mission kits for anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare and airborne mine countermeasures. ↗
- The MQ-9A Reaper is a turboprop-powered remotely piloted aircraft first flown in 2001, developed with GA-ASI funding. ↗
- The Gray Eagle 25M is an unmanned aircraft system for long-endurance aerial reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition. ↗
- General Atomics produces electro-magnetic aircraft launch and recovery systems. ↗
- General Atomics has constructed more than 60 TRIGA nuclear research reactors in 24 countries. ↗
Customers
- The U.S. Navy buys General Atomics electro-magnetic aircraft launch and recovery systems. ↗
- General Atomics runs the DIII-D fusion research program and inertial confinement programs for the U.S. Department of Energy. ↗
- The UK Royal Air Force operates the MQ-9B under the designation Protector RG Mk1. ↗
Our coverage
- Industry · Uncrewed AEWSaab and General Atomics flight test airborne early warning radar on MQ-9BSaab says the flight validated detection, tracking and classification of airborne targets. The evaluation program began in May.
- Industry · Collaborative combat aircraftGeneral Atomics adds Spirit Defense as FQ-42 fuselage design-build partnerSpirit Defense, a Boeing company, will support fuselage design and production as General Atomics seeks to scale manufacturing of its Air Force collaborative combat aircraft.