General Atomics

General Atomics (GA) is a defence and diversified technologies company based in San Diego, California. Founded in 1955 as a division of General Dynamics and acquired by the Blue family in 1986, it is privately owned and vertically integrated, which the company says gives it freedom to invest in long-term research. GA and its affiliates operate on five continents, occupy more than 8 million square feet of engineering, laboratory and manufacturing space and employ over 14,000 people.

Businesses

• General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI): unmanned aircraft such as the Gray Eagle 25M and the FQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft, for which the US Air Force awarded a production contract, plus electro-optical, radar, signals intelligence and automated airborne surveillance systems
• Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS): aircraft launch and recovery systems, missile defence and advanced weapons, including the Bullseye precision-guided missile developed with Rafael, and batteries, power and energy systems
• Energy Group: the DIII-D and inertial confinement fusion programmes for the US Department of Energy, where GA is the principal private sector participant, and a collaboration with Pacific Fusion on inertial fusion energy
• Demilitarisation and hazardous waste destruction, and commercial products including Diazyme diagnostics

Affiliates

Affiliated companies include General Atomics Europe GmbH in Dresden, with aircraft component manufacturing, maintenance and additive manufacturing subsidiaries in Saxony, Brandenburg and Bavaria; General Atomics Integrated Intelligence with OPTIX data analytics; General Atomics Synopta in Switzerland, making laser systems for space and ground communications; General Atomics Systems Integration, whose Aero Services division provides aircraft services; Cryotech Deicing Technology in Fort Madison, Iowa, which makes glycol-based aircraft de-icers; and uranium businesses in Australia and the United States. GA also runs educational outreach programmes.

Events

General Atomics is listed as a sponsor of the AMOS Conference 2027 and as an exhibitor at the AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition 2026 and Sea-Air-Space 2027.

Contact

General Atomics is listed under Aviation Security, Drone Services, Manufacturers and is based in San Diego, United States.
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