Most Current GA Autonomous Jet Demo Features Live Air-to-Air Engagement Capability

SAN DIEGO, CA, July 18, 2025 – (ACN Newswire) –General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc. (GA-Intelligence) effectively finished a groundbreaking presentation on July 8, incorporating innovations throughout several affiliates to display long-range kill chain impacts, consisting of a self-governing air-to-air engagement. The flight incorporated regional and worldwide sensing unit blend to provide real-time situational awareness and self-governing tasking to an air-borne MQ-20 Avenger ® through the Tactical Autonomy Core Ecosystem (TacACE) to close the kill chain and display the system’s maturity and functional preparedness for the warfighter.

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The occasion included the combination of a Collaborative Combat Aircraft(CCA), a completely certified government-owned autonomy execution, and beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) Command and Control (C2). The MQ-20 unmanned jet, provided by GA-ASI, served as a CCA surrogate in a sensing unit Emission Control (EMCON) environment. It was run autonomously and managed utilizing distributed-edge C2 nodes powered by Optix.C2 and Omniview software application. Optix.C2, an item from General Atomics-Intelligence, offered low-latency, localized C2 performance while staying networked to the wider functional photo, allowing real-time coordination throughout numerous domains.

Dr. Brian Ralston, President of GA-Intelligence, praised the collaboration. “This demonstration illustrates the value of integrating cutting-edge and proven technologies across the GA enterprise. The Optix data platform and C2 capability enable rapid integration and experimentation to address critical DoD and IC needs.”

General Atomics effectively merged space-based picking up and tactical picking up with the C2 node throughout the flight, providing the airplane access to a total real-time hazard photo for boosted onboard self-governing decision-making. The presentation likewise consisted of live coordination of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) and kinetic tasking through a combined operator user interface efficient in implementation in practically any cloud environment.

Throughout the workout, the live MQ-20 airplane autonomously patrolled a designated Combat Air Patrol (CAP) zone, leveraging off-board sensing units to show how passive collection strategies can notify self-governing platforms in genuine time. 4 CCA surrogates – one live and 3 virtual – were directed by an operator to examine several targets of interest. Upon recognizing them as dangers, the operator released a command to start the BLOS engagement. The self-governing systems navigated into position, simulated rocket launches, examined fight damage, and went back to CAP without extra operator input.

“This demonstration represents a substantial leap in autonomy and human-machine interfaces that are critical to the warfighter in the near-peer fight,” stated Michael Atwood, Vice President of Advanced Programs at GA-ASI. “By integrating Optix.C2 with TacACE, we’re delivering a system that not only operates at the tactical edge but also enables rapid decision-making and execution across the battlespace. This is the future of warfare – scalable, autonomous systems that empower the warfighter to dominate at range.”

GA-ASI continues to establish and verify autonomy items that provide scalable, collective airplane habits with very little operator input. GA-Intelligence offered multi-sensor international blend and engagement orchestration algorithms and user interfaces. This most current turning point broadens the business’s autonomy portfolio with access to a total hazard photo while advancing critical-edge C2 abilities and user-friendly operator user interfaces.

About GA-ASI

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is the world’s primary contractor of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Logging more than 8 million flight hours, the Predator ® line of UAS has actually flown for over 30 years and consists of MQ-9A Reaper ®, MQ-1C Gray Eagle ®, MQ-20 Avenger ®, and MQ-9B SkyGuardian ®/ SeaGuardian ®. The business is devoted to offering long-endurance, multi-mission services that provide consistent situational awareness and quick strike.

For more details, see www.ga-asi.com.

Avenger, EagleEye, Gray Eagle, Lynx, Predator, Reaper, SeaGuardian, and SkyGuardian are hallmarks of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., signed up in the United States and/or other nations.

About GA-Intelligence

General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc. is an information science, software application advancement, and systems engineering company concentrated on establishing innovative analytic abilities to consumers in both public and economic sectors, with a strong focus on tools in assistance of spatio-temporal (area and time) information management, multi-source/multi-INT connection and information combination, tracking, entity resolution, area forecasting, and multi-domain international situational awareness (MDGSA) leveraging incredibly high volume/velocity information sources. To find out more, see www.ga-intelligence.com.

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