Company Profile
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
Company Overview
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) an international company formed in 1993 is focused on the design and production of Remotely Operated Aircraft. These state of the art reconnaissance systems are in extensive use by the U.S. Government including the U.S. Air Force, NASA, Department of Energy, U.S. Army, and the U.S. Navy, as well as by overseas customers. Leading the industry to new levels of performance, reliability and operational capacity, GA-ASI has spearheaded acceptance of unmanned aircraft systems for military and commercial applications. As the sole manufacturer of the highly successful and fully operational MQ-1 Predator, the company has a broad range of systems packaged to meet a variety of customer requirements.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is the prime contractor to the U.S. Air Force to provide Predator™ and Predator B™ aircraft systems which are in extensive use in the skies over Iraq and Afghanistan. We have recently been awarded a multi-million dollar procurement contract to provide aircraft systems to the U.S. Army and have also been awarded the first procurement contract by the Department of Homeland Security for the use of unmanned aircraft systems to patrol our nation's borders.
The company maintains four facilities in Southern California that are dedicated to the design, development and manufacture of unmanned aircraft systems and associated hardware. Corporate headquarters, located in San Diego, California, are focused on software development, avionics, mechanical manufacturing and composite manufacturing, allowing the company to satisfy U.S. and international production demands.
A research and development facilities is located in Adelanto, California. This state-of-the-art manufacturing facility is dedicated to R&D projects and low-rate production systems.
Two flight operations facilities – El Mirage and Gray Butte - are located in the Mojave Desert northeast of Los Angeles in the Victorville and Palmdale areas. Flight-testing, flight-training, aircraft final checkout and other related operations are performed at these locations.