General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc

Learn about DA Innovation Partner, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc, a leading designer and manufacturer of proven, reliable RPA systems, radars, and electro-optic systems.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) is a leading designer and manufacturer of proven, reliable RPA systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems, including the Predator® RPA series and the Lynx® Multi-mode Radar.

With more than eight million flight hours, GA-ASI provides long-endurance, mission-capable aircraft with integrated sensor and data link systems required to deliver persistent situational awareness. The company also produces a variety of sensor control/image analysis software, offers pilot training and support services, and develops meta-material antennas.

Supplier Opportunities

GA-ASI performs a wide variety of activities for Government, domestic and international customers. Building partnerships with qualified suppliers is key to our successful achievement of contract objectives.

Small Business Program

We are committed to working with small businesses, recognizing their vital role in driving innovation and strengthening the defense supply chain.

Through our Small Business Program, we actively seek partnerships with qualified small businesses. The program’s mission is to identify and engage capable small business suppliers, ensuring they have opportunities to contribute to federal contracts. By fostering these collaborations, GA-ASI helps advance cutting-edge solutions in support of national security and defense.

Together, we can pioneer next-generation solutions that deliver impactful results for our warfighters.

Careers at General Atomics

The Freedom to Explore. The Promise to Deliver.

General Atomics is a visionary pioneer with a unique and powerful mission. Join us and you can work on transformative technology, developing the latest solutions for Fusion, Electromagnetic Systems, Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems, Airborne Sensors, Laser Technologies, or Space Systems.

Here you’ll have the freedom to look further and dream bigger. You won’t wait for opportunity, you’ll create it.

Latest News & Updates

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GA-ASI to Collaborate with Hanwha Aerospace on UAS Development

GA-ASI and Hanwha Aerospace have agreed to jointly develop UAS for defense applications worldwide, following a successful flight demonstration in South Korea that highlighted the versatility of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle® STOL for multi-domain operations

Apr 14, 2025
Influence in Engineering Award Goes to GA-ASI Project Engineer

For GA-ASI, project engineer Megan Kendrick has demonstrated outstanding leadership in overseeing program design, integration, and testing within the company’s Small UAS program

Apr 11, 2025
GA-ASI Expands Targeting Capability for MQ-9B SeaGuardian

GA-ASI has demonstrated the ability to send sensor data to a missile via Link 16 messaging, enabling the MQ-9B SeaGuardian® UAS to close gaps on maritime targets

Apr 10, 2025
Successful First Flight of Belgium’s MQ-9B SkyGuardian® RPA

The first flight to prove the controllability and safe landing of the new MQ-9B SkyGuardian® to be delivered to Belgium has been completed by GA-ASI and the Belgian Ministry of Defence

Apr 01, 2025
GA-ASI Secures EMAR/FR 145 Certification for MQ-9A & MQ-9B Maintenance

GA-ASI has secured EMAR/FR 145 certification for MQ-9A and MQ-9B component maintenance, enabling the company to provide airworthiness-approved services to international customers

Mar 25, 2025
TacSit-C2 Streamlines Multi-INT for Modern UAS Operations

GA-ASI has launched TacSit-C2, a software platform that consolidates radar, ELINT, COMINT, and EO/IR data for UAS operators

Mar 24, 2025
Gray Eagle ER Achieves First PLEO Satellite Communication Flights

The first flight test series of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) UAS using a Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) satellite constellation for aircraft communications has been completed

Mar 13, 2025
USAF Designates GA-ASI’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft as YFQ-42A

GA-ASI’s YFQ-42A, the U.S. Air Force’s newly designated Collaborative Combat Aircraft, is an advanced uncrewed fighter designed for autonomous operations and seamless integration with manned platforms

Mar 10, 2025
GA-ASI Demonstrates Government Autonomy Software on MQ-20 Avenger® UCAV

GA-ASI has flown U.S. government-provided autonomy software on an MQ-20 Avenger® at Orange Flag 25-1, demonstrating advanced UCAV capabilities and rapid autonomy software integration

Mar 06, 2025
GA-ASI Partners to Develop Mission Trainers for MQ-9B SkyGuardian RPAS

GA-ASI and CAE have signed a long-term agreement to develop and produce next-generation mission trainers for the MQ-9B SkyGuardian® remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS)

Mar 03, 2025
Outstanding Engineer Award for SeaGuardian Lead Engineer

Lead engineer and engineering manager for GA-ASI’s MQ-9B SeaGuardian, Adam Cooperberg, has been awarded the Outstanding Engineer Award from the SDCEC

Feb 28, 2025
GA-ASI Demonstrates Anti-Submarine Warfare Capability Onboard Maritime UAS

GA-ASI has demonstrated an Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capability on the MQ-9B SeaGuardian®, successfully deploying and testing anti-submarine sensors using Sonobuoy Dispensing System pods

Feb 27, 2025
IDEX 2025: New Aerospace Partnership Between EPI & General Atomics-Systems Integration

EPI and General Atomics-Systems Integration have signed an MoU to advance aerospace MRO capabilities in the UAE, focusing on certification, innovation, and strategic industry growth

Feb 19, 2025
Japan Maritime Defense Force Selects SeaGuardian Drones for Long Endurance Surveillance

The SeaGuardian MALE Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) can fly for 24 hours or more, depending on the configuration

Dec 06, 2024
STOL Aircraft Makes First Flight From Ship to Land

GA-ASI’s Gray Eagle short takeoff and landing aircraft took off from a South Korean warship and landed at a ground base in a historic first flight for an aircraft of this type

Nov 20, 2024
GA-ASI & U.S. Navy Demonstrate Autonomy with MQ-20 Avenger® UAS

GA-ASI collaborated with the U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin to showcase commanded autonomy maneuvers with the MQ-20® Avenger UAS, leveraging the MD-5 GCS and MDCX™ autonomy platform

Nov 13, 2024
Partnership Formed for Autonomous Electronic Warfare Capabilities

GA-ASI and BAE Systems will demonstrate unique electronic warfare capabilities remotely controlled via a secure, jam-resistant Link 16 network on an MQ-20 Avenger UAS

Nov 06, 2024
GE-ER UAS Demonstrates CMOSS Capabilities in U.S. Army Exercise

Built by GA-ASI and operated by the U.S. Army, a Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) UAS showcased several new capabilities during the Army’s Vanguard demonstrations in Fort Huachuca, Arizona

Oct 25, 2024
High-Performance Multi-Mode Radar Released

The GA-ASI production line has released its first EagleEye multi-mode radar, delivering high-res, high-quality imagery that can be captured through clouds, rain, dust, smoke, and fog

Sep 02, 2024
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Purchased for Maritime Surveillance

The Japan Coast Guard has signed a contract for two GA-ASI medium-altitude, long-endurance SeaGuardian RPAs, strengthening Japan’s Maritime Wide Area Surveillance

Aug 21, 2024
Selection Made for Advanced Air-to-Air Autonomy Prototyping

GA-ASI has been contracted as Lead Systems Integrator to prototype advanced autonomous air-to-air capability to provide adversary air training profiles for their MQ-20 Avenger UAS

Aug 05, 2024
Net-Enabled Weapons Capability in Development

Lockheed Martin and GA-ASI will provide Net-Enabled Weapons capability for the MQ-9B SeaGuardian multi-domain MALE UAS, bolstering the ISR&T capability of the aircraft

Jul 02, 2024
New ABAD Pod in Development for Protection Against RF & IR Threats

The Airborne Battlespace Awareness and Defense (ABAD) payload is designed to enhance survivability of General Atomics' MQ-9A unmanned aerial system (UAS) against infrared (IR) and radio frequency (RF) threats

May 13, 2024
EagleEye Radar to Increase Range with AESA Antenna Integration

The Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) antenna will be a drop-in hardware upgrade to the existing EagleEye radar and could be a option for the new Gray Eagle 25M aircraft assembly when ready

May 02, 2024
Prototype Combat Aircraft Testing & Development Collaboration

GA-ASI has worked with the U.S. Air Force to develop the XQ-67A prototype aircraft, and is now delivering a production representative design based on the XQ-67A Off-Board Sensing Station

May 01, 2024
STOL UAS Integrated with Minigun for Live-Fire Test

Combined with Dillon’s DAP-6 Gun Pod System, GA-ASI’s Mojave short takeoff and landing UAS expended 10,000 rounds of ammunition to destroy static targets at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona

Apr 25, 2024
Successful First Flight of Off-Board Sensing Station

The flight of GA-ASI’s XQ-67A has validated the "genus/species" concept first developed with AFRL as part of a program to build several aircraft variants from a common core chassis

Mar 04, 2024
Inflight Release of A2LE Platform from MQ-20 Avenger UAS

During the demonstration, over Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, the Advanced Air-Launched Effects (A2LE) platform was released from the internal weapons bay of a MQ-20 Avenger unmanned aerial system (UAS)

Feb 02, 2024
Gray Eagle UAV Makes First Flight

The first flight of Gray Eagle 25M unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) focused on flight critical operations, including the testing of the improved flight computer, as well as the aircraft's new HFE 2.0 engine and power generation systems

Jan 30, 2024
UCAV Autonomy Demonstrated Using MQ-20 & Waveform X

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) used the MQ-20 Avenger to demonstrate its hardware-agnostic, open standards-based autonomy ecosystem for unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) and Waveform X, during a flight test in November

Jan 23, 2024

Featured Content

Gray Eagle® 25M: A Strategic Advantage for the Army National Guard in Modern Warfare

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) is set to deliver its Gray Eagle® 25M uncrewed aerial system (UAS) to the Army National Guard, with the first 12 units scheduled for delivery in 2027

Apr 15, 2025
How the MQ-9B SeaGuardian® Enhances Naval Surveillance & Warfare

GA-ASI explains how the MQ-9B SeaGuardian® supports naval operations with long-endurance surveillance, anti-submarine warfare, and real-time intelligence for enhanced maritime security

Apr 08, 2025
Flight of the Gray Eagle®: How a Proven Platform Evolves

Explore the evolution of the Gray Eagle® UAS as it advances with new capabilities, enhanced automation, and greater battlefield adaptability

Oct 10, 2024
The Skies Have Opened for GA-ASI’s North Dakota FTTC Facility

Unique Test & Training Facility in Grand Forks Caters to International Customers

Oct 07, 2024
MQ-9B: Securing Northern Europe

The MQ-9B enhances NATO’s northern defenses, providing persistent surveillance, maritime awareness, and multi-domain intelligence in challenging Arctic conditions.

Apr 19, 2024

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