General Atomics has offered a modified version of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone as a potential alternative to the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft FARA). The move comes after the service stated it would not continue the program despite already spending more than $2 billion, leaving a gap in …
Read More »GA-ASI performs flight of heavy fuel engine for Gray Eagle E…
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) conducted the first flight of its new 200-horsepower heavy fuel engine on a Gray Eagle aircraft at its El Mirage flight facility on May 9, 2023. The Heavy Fuel Engine (HFE) 2.0 is being considered by the U.S. Army to become the fleet replacement …
Read More »Upgraded Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS featured in demo
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is supporting a demonstration that began in March and is featuring two U.S. Army-owned Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). GA-ASI – the developer of the GE-ER platform – was contracted by the Army to integrate and operate an array of …
Read More »GA-ASI Announces funding of Gray Eagle 25M for ARNG Units
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced that the Army National Guard (ARNG) has received fiscal year 2023 Congressional funding for 12 new Gray Eagle 25M (GE-25M) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The funding comesafter Army National Guard States, which make up 45 percent of the U.S. Army’s combat divisions, requested GE-25Ms to …
Read More »Censys Partner Soaring Eagle Received Waiver for Sentaero BV…
Soaring Eagle Technologies, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) drone data collection company servicing critical infrastructure owners across the continental U.S., has obtained one of the first BVLOS Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waivers to fly small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) commercial inspection missions under operational guidelines versus specific operations in restrained geographical areas. …
Read More »GA-ASI Announces Gray Eagle 25M, New MDO-Capable Variant
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has launched its latest variant of the Gray Eagle line of Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Gray Eagle 25M. The GE-25M brings a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) to the Multi-Domain Operations (MDO)-capable system to ensure incremental enhancements can be made at the speed of emerging …
Read More »Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS Upgraded for Multi-Domain Ops
By General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. | April 05, 2022 SAN DIEGO – 04 April 2022 – In February, General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) began the first installation of factory upgrades to a Gray Eagle-Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System to enhance its capabilities to support Multi-Domain Operations …
Read More »GA-ASI Introduces New Eagle Eye Radar
By General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. | April 05, 2022 SAN DIEGO – 05 April 2022 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a leader in Multi-mode Radar technology for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, introduces the Eagle Eye radar. The new MMR is installed and has flown on a …
Read More »Censys Technologies & Soaring Eagle Receive 12-Mile BVLOS Wa…
Chandler, AZ (February 11, 2022) – Censys Technologies and Soaring Eagle Technologies, a nationwide UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) service provider, have secured their third BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) waiver. The waiver covers a 12-mile distance in Arizona a few hours north of Phoenix – the longest …
Read More »Skynetwest Unite Partners to Launch Soaring Eagle Technologi…
UAS (unmanned aerial systems) service providers Soaring Eagle Imaging (SEI) from Brandon, Mississippi and Skynetwest from Chandler, Arizona, announced a definitive agreement to become a leading drone data collection and processing company with the creation of Soaring Eagle Technologies (Soaring Eagle). The company, owned and operated by Houston-based Iapetus Holdings …
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