General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), Lockheed Martin and L3Harris Technologies have collaborated on a flight test that successfully demonstrated Crewed-Uncrewed Teaming using a single-seat F-22 Raptor fighter jet and a GA-ASI MQ-20 Avenger® unmanned jet. The effort integrated L3Harris’s…
The US Navy has awarded four companies contracts of undisclosed value to design and develop armed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs). A fifth company has won a contract, also of undisclosed value, to build a common control system. No in-service date…
California-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has begun flight-testing its YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), in coordination with the US Air Force (USAF). This continues the company’s rapid creation of new, jet-powered uncrewed platforms chartered by the USAF to…
Californian firm General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and its sister company General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc. (GA-Intelligence) have successfully demonstrated an autonomous air-to-air engagement. The flight integrated local and global sensor fusion to deliver real-time situational awareness and autonomous…
The US Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) XQ-67A, a second-generation Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP), has successfully demonstrated integration of government reference autonomy during a recent flight test in the California High Desert, says General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI). During…
Californian company General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) is partnering with Swedish defence prime contractor Saab to develop an autonomous Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) capability for the MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft, or Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS). GA-ASI plans…
With the FY2024 budget now approved, the US Department of the Air Force has selected Anduril and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) for detailed design, manufacture and testing of production representative test articles under the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)…
San Diego-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) have demonstrated key elements of AFSOC’s Adaptive Airborne Enterprise (A2E) concept. The first demonstration, in December 2023, featured the simultaneous control of three…
San Diego-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is poised to begin the flight-testing phase on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) LongShot program. The LongShot program, begun in 2020, is DARPA’s concept for disruptive air combat operations through…