Field Operations Support
Since the first Predator® remotely piloted aircraft system (RPA) was deployed to a combat theater in 1994, GA-ASI has dedicated itself to providing customers with world-class organizational and depot-level maintenance support. With a team primarily staffed by U.S. Air Force veterans and other former service members, familiarity with military aircraft maintenance is part of GA-ASI's DNA.
GA-ASI is committed to recruiting highly qualified candidates and training personnel at Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) facilities. The company combines a well-established training curriculum with comprehensive on-the-job training requirements to ensure field personnel are equipped to provide quality and efficient support for our reliable unmanned aircraft systems.
Concentrated training includes airborne and ground systems of GA-ASI's remotely piloted aircraft as well as flight line procedures, safety, standardization and technical orders (TO) utilization. This training ensures that company and subcontract personnel are thoroughly prepared with the skills and knowledge necessary to maintain the operational readiness of our aircraft systems in any setting – from peacetime training to OCONUS warfighter support across multi-domain operations.
GA-ASI's overseas operations are extremely successful, operating at the highest levels of efficiency. Staff support numbers are less than half that of similar military organizations but produce significantly higher mission availability results.
Maintenance of our RPA is key to the company's commitment to providing quality full life-cycle support and exceptional mission capable aircraft for our customers.
Core Competencies:
- Provide mission capability to company product users
- Conduct launch and recovery of aircraft
- Perform pre-, through-, and post-flight servicing and inspections
- Complete flight line repair of aircraft, Ground Control Stations (GCS), and support equipment
- Execute scheduled and unscheduled inspections, organizational & depot-level modifications, and special actions
- Manage flight line supply, tool room, quality assurance, and documentation functions
- Maintenance training