General Atomics (GA) is an American energy and defense corporation that operates in the space industry through its Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) group. GA-EMS designs, manufactures, and tests innovative space systems, including satellites, optical communication terminals, and space nuclear technologies. They partner with organizations like the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) and Radian Aerospace, providing solutions for satellite constellations, space-to-space communication, and advanced aerospace systems.
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General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems is developing a second EWS satellite for delivery in 2025.
The payload for General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems' EWS satellite will be completed 2024 and shipped to the company's assembly and integration facility in Centennial, Colorado.
Parry Labs was awarded a subcontract valued up to $13,000,000 to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. to deliver Edge Compute (EC) Hyper and Edge Compute Autonomy hardware systems for the U.S. Air Force MQ-9A multidomain configuration.
General Atomics purchased the Predator Mission Trainer from CAE and has used it as a core component of customer training at the Flight Test & Training Center since 2020.
In 2023, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems opened a new hangar at the Flight Test & Training Center specifically to support international crew training.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems is developing Electro Optical and Infrared sensor systems that include 16 Wide-Field-of-View missile warning/missile tracking infrared payloads and two Fire Control/Missile Defense infrared payloads for integration into Lockheed Martin satellites.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems was awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin Space to deliver missile warning, tracking, and defense payloads to support Lockheed Martin Space’s contract to deliver 18 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer Program.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) was awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin Space to deliver missile warning, tracking, and defense payloads to support Lockheed Martin Space’s contract to deliver 18 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer Program.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, based in San Diego, California, is developing an EO/IR weather imaging satellite for delivery in 2025.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew the XQ-67A Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) for the first time on 2024-02-28.
MDA Ltd. (TSX:MDA) received a $74,000,000 contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. to help deliver the fleet of MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems ordered by the Canadian Armed Forces.
Space Development Agency awarded a contract to General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems to demonstrate Optical Communication Terminals hosted on GA-EMS GA-75 spacecraft in low Earth orbit.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems is designing and building two Optical Communication Terminals to provide robust space-to-space communication in degraded environments and to meet SDA standards and requirements.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems was awarded a contract from the Space Development Agency to demonstrate the capabilities of the company’s Optical Communication Terminals hosted on GA-EMS’ GA-75 spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) was awarded a contract by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to demonstrate Optical Communication Terminals (OCTs) in low Earth orbit (LEO).
Each Lockheed Martin-built Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellite will carry an infrared missile tracking payload provided by General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems - Optical Sensor Systems.
Lockheed Martin’s Tranche 2 satellites will use Terran Orbital satellite buses and infrared missile-tracking payloads provided by General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. will equip the MQ-9B SkyGuardian® with a WESCAM MX-20D EO/IR solution intended to deliver significant technical capabilities to users.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. completed the full-scale fatigue testing first lifetime of an MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft equivalent to 40,000 operating hours.
The Government of Canada signed a contract to purchase a fleet of MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.