Original Disruptor General Atomics Faces New Threat

Aerial view of three GA-ASI aircraft

The YFQ-42 (left) follows GA-ASI’s 18-year quest to field a jet-powered uncrewed aircraft, starting with the MQ-20 (middle) and continuing with the XQ-67 (right).

Credit: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.
Linden and Neal Blue founded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. on Sept. 28, 1992, starting with a small team and a disruptive idea. At the time, remotely piloted aircraft remained stubbornly out of the mainstream of military aviation fleets outside of Israel. By linking such aircraft to...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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