General Atomics
American defense and energy company
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| March 4 2025 | Placed on the Chinese Ministry of Commerce's export control list, barring export of dual-use commodities. |
| May 2024 | Lost bid for the DARPA Liberty Lifter program, with the contract awarded to Aurora Flight Sciences. |
| April 11 2024 | Sanctioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China due to arms sales to Taiwan. |
| February 28 2024 | General Atomics XQ-67A (part of the perspective Gambit series) completed its first flight, marking a significant milestone in the company's unmanned aerial vehicle development. |
| March 6 2023 | DARPA chose GA-ASI to carry out the design of the air-launched LongShot drone through Critical Design Review (CDR), enabling extended missile range and increased fighter survivability. |
| February 1 2023 | Along with Maritime Applied Physics Corporation, won a Phase 1 research contract on DARPA's Liberty Lifter project. |
| December 9 2021 | Unveiled the General Atomics Mojave drone. |
| November 2021 | Received a $103.2 million contract from the U.S. Army and a $31.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy on behalf of Belgium. |
| September 2020 | A $7.4 billion contract for MQ-9 Reaper drones was announced between the U.S. Air Force and General Atomics, calling for the delivery of up to 36 aircraft per year. |
| September 30 2020 | General Atomics bought the Dornier 228 production line in Oberpfaffenhofen, along with RUAG's business aviation and helicopter MRO operations, pending regulatory approval. |
| 2013 | Neal Blue, CEO of General Atomics, receives the 29th Annual International von Karman Wings Award, recognizing his leadership and contributions to the aerospace industry. |
| 2010 | General Atomics presented a new version of the GT-MHR, the Energy Multiplier Module (EM2), a Gas-cooled fast reactor design. |
| March 15 2010 | Rear Adm. Thomas J. Cassidy stepped down as president of GA-ASI's Aircraft Systems Group, staying on as non-executive chairman. Frank Pace succeeded Cassidy as President of GA-ASI. |
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