A General Atomics business unit will collaborate with several other companies to compete for the U.S. Navy™s carrier-based unmanned aerial refueling tanker program.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. said Monday it will work with Boeing (NYSE: BA); BAE Systems; United Technologies Corp.‘s (NYSE: UTC) Pratt & Whitney and aerospace systems business; L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL); Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL); and GKN Aerospace‘s Fokker business on the MQ-25 Stingray program.
Chris Raymond, vice president and general manager of Boeing™s autonomous systems business and a 2018 Wash100 recipient, said the company will leverage its autonomous and aviation experience to support General Atomics™ MQ-25 proposal.
UTC’s Pratt & Whitney and UTC Aerospace Systems will respectively provide the PW815 engine and landing gear for GA-ASI™s offering.
General Atomics™ unmanned platform will use L3™s communications systems, BAE™s cybersecurity and mission planning software, Rockwell Collins™ navigation systems, airborne radio and simulation technologies and arresting hook components from GKN Aerospace™s Fokker business.
General Atomics™ electromagnetic systems and systems integration divisions will provide carrier integration, risk reduction and landing gear integration support to GA-ASI.
General Atomics is one of the companies that received the final request for proposals for the MQ-25 Stingray program in October 2017.
