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General Atomics

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General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems completed ground tests on 2021-06-02 of the 12U cubesats equipped with laser communications terminals.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipJun 2, 2021DoD space agency to launch laser communications experiments on SpaceX rideshare

GA-EMS’ Optical Communication Terminals are designed to provide two-way, low-latency, high-bandwidth, secure communication to warfighters across air, ground, and maritime domains.

Mentioned as: GA-EMSTechnical ProductJun 2, 2021Space-To-Air Optical Comms Experiment Partners General Atomics With The SDA

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) was awarded a contract by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to demonstrate space-to-air optical communication using GA-EMS’ Laser Interconnect and Networking Communication System (LINCS) and a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) MQ-9 Reaper.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipJun 2, 2021Space-To-Air Optical Comms Experiment Partners General Atomics With The SDA

GA-EMS and the Space Development Agency are partnering to launch the LINCS system and conduct a series of experiments demonstrating space-based optical communication starting later this summer.

Mentioned as: GA-EMSTechnical ProductJun 2, 2021Space-To-Air Optical Comms Experiment Partners General Atomics With The SDA

The Space Enterprise Consortium awarded $309,000,000 in June 2020 to Raytheon Technologies, General Atomics, and Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates (ASTRA) to develop EO/IR Weather System prototypes.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipMay 24, 2021A race against time to replace aging military weather satellites

General Atomics planned to fly a visible and infrared instrument from EOVista on its EWS spacecraft and contracted Braxton (owned by Parsons Corp.) to develop ground command-and-control architecture.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipMay 24, 2021A race against time to replace aging military weather satellites

General Atomics proposed a 15-satellite EWS fleet with roughly 200-kilogram spacecraft and completed an initial design review on 2021-04-29 prior to the article's publication.

Mentioned as: general atomicsTechnical ProductMay 24, 2021A race against time to replace aging military weather satellites

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems completed the Initial Design Review of the space vehicle and ground segment for the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center Electro-Optical Infrared Weather System satellite program.

Mentioned as: General Atomics Electromagnetic SystemsTechnical ProductApr 29, 2021General Atomics’ IDR For The USSF / SMC EO/IR EWS Satellite Program Successfully Completed

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems plans to deliver a prototype EWS system by 2022 capable of filling gaps in critical weather data for the U.S. military as the DMSP approaches the end of its lifecycle.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipApr 29, 2021General Atomics’ IDR For The USSF / SMC EO/IR EWS Satellite Program Successfully Completed

DARPA awarded General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems a contract to support the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program.

Mentioned as: General Atomics Electromagnetic SystemsTechnical ProductApr 21, 2021General Atomics Awarded DARPA Contract For Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System For DRACO Mission

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems plans the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion system preliminary design to demonstrate operational effectiveness and enable the system to be built and validated in low Earth orbit within the next five years.

Mentioned as: General Atomics Electromagnetic SystemsTechnical ProductApr 21, 2021General Atomics Awarded DARPA Contract For Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System For DRACO Mission

Over the next 18 months General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will deliver a preliminary design of the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion system.

Mentioned as: General Atomics Electromagnetic SystemsTechnical ProductApr 21, 2021General Atomics Awarded DARPA Contract For Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System For DRACO Mission

Hexagon US Federal has been selected to partner with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. to provide geospatial solutions from Hexagon’s Luciad Portfolio in support of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance projects.

Mentioned as: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.Org RelationshipApr 20, 2021Hexagon US Federal selected by General Atomics Aeronautical for ISR projects

The NTP system being designed by GA-EMS for DRACO is intended to allow a rocket to operate in cislunar space, defined as the region outside Earth’s atmosphere to just past the moon’s orbit.

Mentioned as: GA-EMSTechnical ProductApr 18, 2021DARPA Awards General Atomics Contract to Design Nuclear Thermal Propulsions Systems

DARPA awarded General Atomics a $22,000,000 contract to develop the nuclear reactor for the DRACO program.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipApr 12, 2021DARPA selects Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin to develop spacecraft for nuclear propulsion demo

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $22,000,000 contract to General Atomics to design a small nuclear reactor for space propulsion on 2021-04-09.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipApr 10, 2021General Atomics wins DARPA contract to develop nuclear reactor to power missions to the moon

General Atomics selected Rocket Lab on 2021-02-24 to launch an Orbital Test Bed satellite carrying the Argos-4 Advanced Data Collection System (A-DCS) hosted payload.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipFeb 27, 2021Astra, Rocket Lab win launch contracts

General Atomics selected Firefly Aerospace on 2021-02-18 to launch an Orbital Test Bed satellite carrying the Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols hosted payload on an Alpha rocket.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipFeb 27, 2021Astra, Rocket Lab win launch contracts

The contract to launch the Argos-4 payload was awarded to General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems by the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center under a Hosted Payload Solutions delivery order on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipFeb 24, 2021General Atomics-EMS Contracts Rocket Lab To Launch The Argos-4

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems signed a contract with Rocket Lab to launch the Orbital Test Bed satellite carrying the Argos-4 Advanced Data Collection System hosted payload.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsNarrative GeneralFeb 24, 2021General Atomics-EMS Contracts Rocket Lab To Launch The Argos-4
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