General Atomics Aeronautical Systems company profile
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems develops remotely piloted aircraft, radars and electro-optical mission systems. Its Predator, Reaper, Gray Eagle and related unmanned aircraft support intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and precision-strike missions for defence customers.
Facts
- Segment: Defense
- Country: United States
- Founded: 1993
- Website: https://www.ga-asi.com/
Profile sections
- Summary
- Market context
- Products
- Facts
- Commercial
- Context / Market Position
- Events
- Operations / Deployments
- Team
- Supply chain relationships
- Relationships
- Context tags
- Customers and deployments
- Sources
Summary
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems develops remotely piloted aircraft, radars and electro-optical mission systems. Its Predator, Reaper, Gray Eagle and related unmanned aircraft support intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and precision-strike missions for defence customers.
Market context
GA-ASI is one of the most important long-endurance unmanned aircraft manufacturers in the global defence market. MQ-9A remains the core Reaper platform for persistent ISR and strike missions, while MQ-9B, Gray Eagle, Avenger, and CCA programs extend into maritime surveillance, army aviation, and autonomous combat aircraft.
Facts
- Website: https://www.ga-asi.com/
- HQ: Poway, United States
- Founded: 1993
- Segment: Defense
Commercial
4 commercial events; 4 contract awards; latest event 2026-04-15
- 2026-04-15 - Contract award - U.S. Army awards GA-ASI contract for Gray Eagle electronic intelligence upgrade - source: ga.com
- 2025-10-13 - Contract award - U.S. Army awards GA-ASI contract to add MOSA-EW capability to Gray Eagle UAS - source: ga.com
- 2025-06-09 - Contract award - UK MOD signs Protector RG Mk1 support contract with GA-ASI - source: ga-asi.com
- 2024-04-24 - Contract award - U.S. Air Force selects General Atomics and Anduril for Collaborative Combat Aircraft next phase - source: reuters.com
Defence aerospace and unmanned aircraft company
General Atomics develops remotely piloted aircraft systems including Predator, Reaper and newer unmanned aircraft for defence missions.
- Target environment: Defence airspace, ISR missions, maritime surveillance, strike operations, border security and long-endurance aircraft programs.
- Deployment model: Defence aircraft and sensor system supply through military programs, platform production and support services.
- Customer context: U.S. military customers, allied defence forces, intelligence users and agencies needing long-endurance unmanned aircraft.
- Workflow context: ISR, surveillance, reconnaissance, precision strike, maritime patrol, sensor payload operation and persistent aerial missions.
- Commercial maturity: Mature defence aerospace company with long-running remotely piloted aircraft programs and global military users.
- Market position: Defence unmanned aircraft supplier focused on long-endurance military ISR and strike platforms.
- Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on defence procurement, airspace rules, platform sustainment, sensor payloads, export controls and operational doctrine.
- Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes MALE UAVs, remotely piloted aircraft, defence ISR platforms and unmanned combat aircraft.
- Source confidence: high
Events
- 2026-05-19 - Capability - Saab LoyalEye completes first flight on GA-ASI MQ-9B - Saab said the flight took place on May 19 at GA-ASI Desert Horizon facility in Southern California.
- 2026-04-15 - Contract Award - U.S. Army awards GA-ASI contract for Gray Eagle electronic intelligence upgrade - The U.S. Army awarded GA-ASI a contract to add enhanced electronic intelligence capabilities to MQ-1C Gray…
- 2026-02-23 - Capability - GA-ASI names YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft Dark Merlin - GA-ASI named its U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft YFQ-42A Dark Merlin.
- 2026-02-12 - Capability - GA-ASI YFQ-42A completes semi-autonomous mission autonomy flight - GA-ASI integrated third-party mission autonomy into the YFQ-42A CCA for a semi-autonomous airborne mission.
- 2026-01-20 - Partnership - GA-ASI and Calidus sign MoU to collaborate on MQ-9B and Gambit CCA co-production in UAE - GA-ASI and Calidus Aerospace signed an MoU to collaborate on prospective co-production of MQ-9B and Ga…
- 2026-01-19 - Partnership - GA-ASI and Barzan Holdings sign MoU for battle management software capabilities - GA-ASI and Barzan Holdings signed an MoU to collaborate on advanced battle management software capabilities.
- 2025-11-04 - Product Launch - GA-ASI unveils Gambit 6 collaborative combat aircraft variant - GA-ASI introduced Gambit 6 as a Collaborative Combat Aircraft variant adding air-to-ground operations to its air-to-air capab…
- 2025-10-13 - Contract Award - U.S. Army awards GA-ASI contract to add MOSA-EW capability to Gray Eagle UAS - The U.S. Army awarded GA-ASI a contract to add a CMOSS-compliant open architecture electronic warfare capabili…
- 2025-08-27 - Capability - GA-ASI begins YFQ-42A CCA flight testing with U.S. Air Force - GA-ASI said the YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft had begun flight testing with the U.S. Air Force.
- 2025-06-09 - Contract Award - UK MOD signs Protector RG Mk1 support contract with GA-ASI - The UK Ministry of Defence signed a support and sustainment contract with GA-ASI for Protector RG Mk1.
- 2025-03-03 - Capability - U.S. Air Force designates General Atomics CCA as YFQ-42A - The U.S. Air Force designated General Atomics Collaborative Combat Aircraft as YFQ-42A.
- 2024-04-24 - Contract Award - U.S. Air Force selects General Atomics and Anduril for Collaborative Combat Aircraft next phase - The U.S. Air Force selected General Atomics and Anduril for the next phase of the Collabora…
- 2024-04-23 - Demonstration - GA-ASI Mojave completes live-fire demonstration in Yuma Desert - GA-ASI confirmed Mojave destroyed static targets in live-fire tests on April 13, 2024.
- 2023-11-17 - Demonstration - GA-ASI demonstrates Mojave STOL UAS operations from HMS Prince of Wales - GA-ASI demonstrated Mojave short takeoff and landing capability from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of W…
Operations / Deployments
- 2026-01-20 - Partnership - GA-ASI and Calidus sign MoU to collaborate on MQ-9B and Gambit CCA co-production in UAE - GA-ASI and Calidus Aerospace signed an MoU to collaborate on prospective co-production of MQ-9B and Ga…
Team
- David Alexander - President
- Linden Blue - Chief Executive Officer
Supply chain relationships
- Saab - LoyalEye and MQ-9B AEW integration - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Saab are integrating Saab LoyalEye airborne early warning sensors with the MQ-9B UAS.
Relationships
- United States Army - commercial_order - The U.S. Army awarded GA-ASI a contract to add MOSA-EW capability to Gray Eagle UAS.
- Protector sustainment customer - GA-ASI signed a support and sustainment contract with the UK MOD for Protector RG Mk1 Royal Air Force operations.
Context tags
- Defence customers - Customer Environment
- MALE defence UAV builder - Peer Group
- MALE UAV ISR - Workflow
- Defence UAV OEM - Stack Layer
Customers and deployments
- Contract Status - MOSA-EW upgrade contract - 2025-10-13 - United States Army - UAS electronic-warfare upgrade - The U.S. Army awarded GA-ASI a contract to add CMOSS-compliant open-architecture electronic-warfare capabil…
- Deployment Status - Protector RG Mk1 support and sustainment contract - 2025-06-09 - UK Ministry of Defence / Royal Air Force - United Kingdom - The UK Ministry of Defence signed a support and sustainment contract with…
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