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GA-EMS supports testing and qualification of components, subassemblies, payloads, and integrated spacecraft up to ESPA-Grande class satellites.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems has completed commissioning of a Thermal Vacuum Chamber at its Centennial, Colorado, space system development facilities.
GA-EMS offers broad expertise and experience in the design, manufacture, integration, and testing of satellites and space systems for satellites ranging from sub-U to 500kg ESPA-Grande class.
On 2023-04-06 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems conducted live tactical air combat maneuvers using Artificial Intelligence pilots to control a company-owned MQ-20 Avenger® Unmanned Aircraft System.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. performed Cold Weather Validation using a company-owned MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System in late January and early February 2023.
On 2022-12-22, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and the Air National Guard, with joint support from the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, flight tested an MQ-9A remotely piloted aircraft equipped with a Low Earth Orbit satellite communications Command and Control system.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) launched the GAzelle satellite hosting NOAA’s Argos-4 and RadMon payloads.
GA-EMS is building a series of spacecraft as part of an expanding weather and science program to deliver affordable, high-performance next-generation satellites for global cloud characterization, weather imagery, and environmental data collection and relay.
GA-EMS designed and manufactured the GAzelle satellite and performed all payload integration and testing for the mission.
DARPA started the DRACO program with three Phase 1 awards in April 2021 to teams led by Blue Origin, General Atomics, and Lockheed Martin to develop preliminary reactor and spacecraft designs.
NASA has been working on nuclear thermal propulsion technologies through July 2021 awards made in cooperation with the Department of Energy to BWX Technologies, General Atomics, and Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies.
The July 2021 NASA–DOE contracts to BWX Technologies, General Atomics, and Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies were valued at $5,000,000 each for one year and covered NTP reactor design.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will deliver a tailored, radiation-hardened Oracle spacecraft capable of operating in the cislunar space environment.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems is leveraging its GA-500 satellite bus, which is being developed for the United States Space Force under the EO/IR Weather System contract, to build the Oracle spacecraft.
The EWS program includes plans to gather imagery with a small satellite built by General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems equipped with an imaging sensor developed by EO Vista.
The cislunar region is a strategic area of focus for General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems to support missions operating in space from the Earth to the Moon.
The Oracle spacecraft being built by General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will be integrated with Leidos’ high-performance space optical payload and a customer-provided green propulsion system.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems is leveraging its GA-500 satellite bus, which is being developed for the United States Space Force under the EO/IR Weather System contract, to build an optimized Oracle spacecraft.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will deliver a tailored, radiation-hardened Oracle spacecraft capable of operating in the cislunar space environment.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Group will deliver the second EWS prototype by 2025.