General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) News

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    GA-ASI Moves Into Ground Testing of New YFQ-42A CCA

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is pleased to move into the ground testing phase of development on the YFQ-42A production-representative test vehicle for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program in preparation for its planned first flight later this summer. Ground testing began May 7.

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    GA Integrates Software for USMC Common Intelligence Picture WTI Course

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has successfully integrated the advanced Optix software—developed by General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc. (GA-i3)—into the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Common Intelligence Picture (CIP) for a multi-service Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course.

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    UK Certifies Protector As First of Its Kind Remotely Piloted Aircraft

    The UK’s Military Aviation Authority has issued a Military Type Certificate to the Royal Air Force’s Protector RG Mk1 uncrewed aircraft, also designated the MQ-9B, certifying that it has passed a rigorous airworthiness assessment and verifying it’s safe to operate without geographic restrictions, including over populous areas.

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    GA-ASI's MQ-1C Gray Eagle ER Featured at U.S. Army's PC-C5

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) supported the U.S. Army’s Project Convergence Capstone 5 (PC-C5), which ran throughout March and featured an MQ-1C Gray Eagle® Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The GE-ER was equipped with commercially available next-generation long-range sensors that were operated by Army Soldiers throughout the event.