General Atomics validates Link 16-based targeting software for MQ-9B SeaGuardian, enhancing ISR&T missions ahead of 2025 live-fire testing.

General Atomics and the Belgian Ministry of Defence completed the first flight of Belgium’s MQ-9B SkyGuardian on February 20, 2025, in California, marking a key milestone in the four-aircraft program.

The new version leverages GA-ASI’s 25+ years of expertise in developing and deploying C2 for payloads integrated into its world-class Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announces the successful completion of its Orbital Test Bed satellite's five-year mission, launched in June 2019, with the spacecraft now entering a two-decade deorbit phase.

General Atomics tested its Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS using a PLEO satellite constellation for communications during its first flight test series.

GA-ASI anticipates increasing interest in the MQ-9B SeaGuardian, given its high-end maritime capabilities at a significantly lower cost than traditional manned maritime platforms.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems successfully tested advanced reactor fuel for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, proving its durability for future deep space missions, including Mars expeditions.

MQ-9B delivers exceptionally long endurance and range, with auto takeoff and landing under SATCOM-only control, and will be able to operate in unsegregated airspace using the GA-ASI-developed Detect and Avoid system.