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Brianne Gramling is Senior Manager of Space Systems Engineering at General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems.
In August 2025 the Space Development Agency, in partnership with General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems and Kepler Communications, established a bi-directional optical link between a commercial satellite and an airborne terminal.
In September 2025, Kepler partnered with the Space Development Agency and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems to establish the first-ever commercial bi-directional optical link between a satellite and a General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian aircraft in flight.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. set a new company record by surpassing a total of 9 million flight hours.
General Atomics is focused on developing autonomous collaborative platforms at high readiness levels.
The General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger surrogate was controlled from Maryland while it was located at a test facility in California.
The Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control Station (UMCS) was used to demonstrate the control of a General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger surrogate.
Lockheed Martin collaborated with the U.S. Navy and General Atomics on a live control flight demonstration of an uncrewed system.
The collaboration enhances UMCS’s beyond line-of-sight capabilities and demonstrates the maturity of General Atomics' Tactical Autonomy Core Ecosystem.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a Gray Eagle STOL unmanned aircraft on a takeoff from the South Korean amphibious landing ship Dokdo and a subsequent landing at a ground base on 2024-11-12.
In 2020, the U.S. Space Force selected General Atomics, Orion Space Solutions, and Raytheon Technologies to design a prototype Electro-Optical Weather System satellite.
In 2022, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems of San Diego and Orion Space Solutions of Louisville, Colorado each won contracts to develop and launch satellites to demonstrate weather imaging and cloud characterization.
Under the contract modification, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems is the prime contractor responsible for developing, building, assembling, integrating, and testing the spacecraft bus and electro-optical/infrared payload.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems is building the first Electro-Optical Weather System satellite and conducting spacecraft build and electro-optical/infrared payload testing.
On 2024-07-11, Space Systems Command issued a contract modification under which General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will provide three years of operational services for two Electro-Optical Weather System satellites.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will build and integrate a second Electro-Optical Weather System satellite to extend electro-optical/infrared data collection capabilities as legacy Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites are retired.
Space Systems Command awarded four contracts to Blue Origin, CACI International Inc., General Atomics, and Viasat to develop space laser communication terminal prototypes.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. completed durability testing for its new 200-horsepower Heavy Fuel Engine (HFE) 2.0 at the El Mirage, California, flight facility.
The HFE 2.0 is a 200-horsepower heavy fuel engine developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and General Atomics Europe partnered with global high-performance engine leaders supported by Cosworth to develop HFE 2.0.