U.S. Readies Its Mightiest Drones to Target Long-Range Weapons
2 Jul 2024, 11:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractors General Atomics and Lockheed Martin are working together to give the MQ-9B SeaGuardian a better way to target long-range weapons
U.S. Will Build Combat Drones Like Cars, Here’s the First One Flying
1 Jul 2024, 09:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force (USAF) Research Laboratory (AFRL) released a video showing the first flight of the XQ-67A OBSS demonstrator drone
Army National Guard Buys Itself the Most Badass Gray Eagle Drone Around
4 Jun 2024, 09:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / General Atomics announced the start of production for the Gray Eagle 25M drone meant to be used by the Army National Guard
Gray Eagle With New GA-Cosworth Engine Is the Drone Enemies Will Run From, But Not Escape
30 May 2024, 11:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor General Atomics is on the verge of completing testing of a new variant of the Gray Eagle drone engine
USMC Gets Its First Extended-Range Reaper Drone
2 May 2024, 11:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor General Atomics announced the delivery of the first MQ-9 Reaper Extended Range drone to the USMC
USAF Settles on Support Drone for Fighter Aircraft, To Be Made by General Atomics
29 Apr 2024, 09:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor General Atomics announced it was selected to design, build, and flight test Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) drones
Drone Fires 10,000 Rounds at Pickup Truck in Arizona, Obliterates Everything in Its Path
25 Apr 2024, 10:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor General Atomics says it tested the Mojave Unmanned Aircraft System with two miniguns in the Arizona desert
The U.S. Just Flew a Drone That May Become the Skeleton of Many Future Aircraft
5 Mar 2024, 15:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / General Atomics and the Air Force Research Laboratory just flew a variant of the Valkyrie drone built on the same chassis but as an Off-Board Sensing Station
Gray Eagle Drone Packing Unbreakable Cosworth Engine Takes to the Sky for the First Time
26 Jan 2024, 11:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor General Atomics announced the first flight of the heavy fuel-engine-powered Gray EAgle 25M military drone
MQ-20 Avenger Drone Tries Out Technologies It Never Used Before
18 Jan 2024, 12:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor General Atomics tested several new, third-party autonomous technologies on an example of the MQ-20 Avenger drone
Newest Predator Drone Drone Plays With UK's Most Powerful Warship
20 Nov 2023, 10:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor General Atomics conducted the first short takeoff and landing (STOL) demo of the Mojave unmanned aircraft system (UAV) on a warship
MQ-9B SkyGuardian Drone Will Use Smart Weapons Made in the United Arab Emirates
14 Nov 2023, 07:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor General Atomics announced it is working to integrate Edge UAE-made smart weapons onto the MQ-9B SkyGuardian drone
MQ-20 Avenger Can Now Use Helicopter Rescue Hoists to Capture Smaller Drones in Flight
11 Oct 2023, 09:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / General Atomics attaches a commercial helicopter hoist to the MQ-20 Avenger drone and proves it can be used to capture, refuel or rearm smaller drones in flight
Gray Eagle Drone Flies With Cosworth-Backed 200 HP Engine for the First Time
19 Jun 2023, 13:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contract General Atomics announced the first flight of a Gray Eagle drone variant equipped with a 200 hp heavy fuel engine
Gray Eagle Drone Flown With New All-Weather Target Tracking Hardware for the U.S. Army
25 May 2023, 15:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor General Atomics fitted the Eagle-Eye Multi-Mode Radar (MMR) on two Gray Eagle Extended Range drones and flew them in a U.S. Army demo
MQ-9 Reaper: The American Drone That Just Took a Russian Jet to the Face
16 Mar 2023, 16:51 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Today, let's look at the life of the U.S. Air Force's favorite drone. As you'll find, it was only a matter of time before the thing found itself in some bother.
These Two Designs Were Cleared for DARPA’s Liberty Lifter Flying Boat, Love the Twin-Hull
2 Feb 2023, 17:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA announced the names of five companies tasked with designing the Liberty Lifter ground effect airplane, first sketches released
AI Fly Real and Virtual Avenger Drones in Mock Combat Missions
12 Jan 2023, 13:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor General Atomics made public details of MQ-20 Avenger drone flights conducted in December 2022 using artificial intelligence
New Fusion Plant Concept Is Like a Tiny Star Trapped Here on Earth
21 Oct 2022, 12:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / General Atomics (GA) releases initial details on a Fusion Pilot Plant (FPP) that could fuse seawater hydrogen isotopes to generate power
Upcoming Columbia-Class Nuclear Submarines Get a Bit More Real With New Contract Award
11 May 2022, 11:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) was tasked by the U.S. Nay with supplying structural hardware for the Columbia-class submarine propulsor