The software and hardware that will control tomorrow's combat drones got a workout on January 18, as a General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger showed off its capability by autonomously intercepting a crewed ...

The General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger is typically a kind of drone that requires remote control to work. Yet efforts are ongoing to make the aircraft autonomous to some degree, and a major milestone in ...

We’re rapidly approaching the time when manned aircraft will perform joint missions with uncrewed drones, but we’re not there yet. For now, defense contractors and the militaries of the world are busy ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) on Nov. 17 announced the successful test of an F-22 Raptor fighter controlling an MQ-20 Avenger unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) for the first ...

The United States has quietly crossed a new threshold in air combat, with a jet powered MQ-20 Avenger drone autonomously tracking and closing on an airborne target in a live exercise. Instead of ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has carried out a mission autonomy test flight with its MQ-20 Avenger drone, employing the latest government reference autonomy software. The Avenger ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger drone prepares for taxi at El Mirage Airfield, Calif. June 24, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Tabatha ...

General Atomics, a defense and diversified technologies company, is making advancements in its development of autonomous systems. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) flew U.S.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / January 18, 2026 / In its latest demonstration of advanced autonomy development, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) successfully executed a ...

The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) MQ-20 Avenger uncrewed aircraft has performed a test mission with a Lockheed Martin F-22 fighter of the US Air Force (USAF), as the company separately ...