Company
Legacy US drone prime (GA-ASI; private, San Diego) behind the Predator/MQ-9 Reaper remotely-piloted aircraft; 575 MQ-9 built; MQ-9A line closed 2025, MQ-9B in production.
Based in San Diego, California, USA · Founded 1993 · 1 model on record
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Key facts
- Product
- MQ-9 Reaper (remotely-piloted MALE; 575 built) + MQ-9B SkyGuardian/SeaGuardian.
- Autonomy
- REMOTELY-PILOTED, not autonomous; Quadratix adds AI-assisted ISR. Legacy-prime contrast.
- HQ
- San Diego, California, USA
- Founded
- 1993
- Status
- private
- Type
- both
- ID
33d9f53e-a5ca-4263-bb2c-2d1650575da3
Models (1)
- MQ-9 Reaperaerial
Supplies to
No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company’s outbound edges.
Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Sources (4)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper
- https://www.airandspaceforces.com/abrupt-end-to-mq-9-production-surprises-general-atomics/
- https://www.ga-asi.com/remotely-piloted-aircraft/mq-9b-skyguardian
- https://www.defenseadvancement.com/feature/quadratix-unified-software-ecosystem-from-general-atomics/
Common questions
- What is General Atomics Aeronautical Systems?
- Legacy US drone prime (GA-ASI; private, San Diego) behind the Predator/MQ-9 Reaper remotely-piloted aircraft; 575 MQ-9 built; MQ-9A line closed 2025, MQ-9B in production.
- Where is General Atomics Aeronautical Systems based?
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is based in San Diego, California, USA.
- When was General Atomics Aeronautical Systems founded?
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems was founded in 1993.
- What does General Atomics Aeronautical Systems make?
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: MQ-9 Reaper (General Atomics Aeronautical Systems builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Where does General Atomics Aeronautical Systems operate robots?
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.