A General Atomics business unit will produce mechanical, cabling and electrical systems for the U.S. Army's Common Hypersonic Glide Body program as part of a Dynetics-led industry team that won a $351.6M other transaction agreement in September.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business will collaborate with NASA to demonstrate a flight mission of an  MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft in 2020 under a cooperative agreement.

A business unit of General Atomics has secured a contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center to manufacture and deliver two bearing support structures for the U.S. Navy's Columbia-class submarine construction program.

A General Atomics business unit has landed a potential five-year, $93M contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command to integrate and test modified variants of two unmanned aerial vehicle platforms. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will incorporate Special Operations Forces Peculiar modifications into MQ-9 and MQ-1C medium altitude, long endurance tactical UAVs, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

The Federal Aviation Administration has given General Atomics' aeronautical systems business a certificate of waiver or authorization to use a ground-based sense and avoid system in unmanned flight operations in North Dakota.

General Atomics has landed a potential $162M contract to help the Department of Energy research and develop multicomponent fusion power systems for use in high-energy-density experiments. The company will fabricate inertial confinement fusion targets, parts and assemblies, DOE said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday.

The U.S. Army has awarded General Atomics a potential two-year, $275M contract to deliver airborne and ground data terminals designed to facilitate satellite communications. The company's aeronautical systems business will also provide program management and equipment maintenance support under the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract, the Department of Defense said Monday.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business has secured an $80M cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide logistics support services for the U.S. Army's Gray Eagle Block 0 drones.

Jim Garrettson, chief executive officer of Executive Mosaic, presented Chris Pehrson, vice president of Strategic Development for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, with the Chairman’s Award for completing his second year as chairman of the Unmanned Systems Group for Executive Mosaic’s 4×24 program. In his current role, Pehrson is responsible for …

General Atomics secured a potential five-year, $99M contract to provide logistics support for the U.S. Army’s MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system. Army Contracting Command solicited one bid for the cost-plus-incentive-fee contract and obligated the full value at the time of award, the Department of Defense said Friday. DoD expects the …