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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

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General Atomics’ Predator

Cliff Stone

VP, Life Cycle Sustainment

General Atomics AeronauticalUAS Tech Forum

Aug 22, 2019


General Atomics

Overview


General Atomics’ PredatorThe World’s Benchmark

Every second of every day, over 69 Predator-series

aircraft are airborne worldwide

Long Endurance Mission Flexibility Best Value

>5.8 Million total flight hours

2018 – Over 600,000 flight hours


Prowler I

Predator

ImprovedGNAT

AltusProwler ll

Improved GNAT ER

Altair

* 20,000 hours

Armed Predator

Prototype Predator B

GNAT-750

Predator BReaper

ER/MPPrototype

Mariner

Flig

ht

Ho

urs

* 1M hours

MaritimePredator B

Predator C Avenger

* 50,000 hours

*5.8Mhours

Predator BBlock 5

Predator XP

Gray Eagle

Block 0

Gray Eagle

Gray Eagle ER

Predator B ER

SkyGuardian

General Atomics AeronauticalUnprecedented Growth

Avenger ER

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2019

23 variants

developed in the

last 26 years

ER = Extended Range

= Still Flying


General Atomics AeronauticalCustomer Base is Expanding

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History of

General Atomics

&

Predator


• 1937, Baghdad Israel

• Born inventor, trained

engineer

• Israeli Air Force IAI

• Epiphany: armed remote

control drone loitering for

days

• Emigrates to America

• Leading Systems

• Invents Albatross

• Amber Predator

Abraham KaremThe Father of Predator


Inventing the PredatorAbe Karem

“Rise of the Drones”, 23 January 2013, PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/rise-of-the-drones.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/rise-of-the-drones.html


• 1935 & 1936, Denver

• Yale educated

• “Flight of the Bluebird”

• Nicaragua cocoa &

banana plantation

• Cordillera Corporation

• Linden: Harvard MBA,

Gates Learjet & Beech

Aircraft

The Blue BrothersBusinessmen, Visionaries


• 1935 & 1936, Denver

• Yale educated



banana plantation




Aircraft



• 1935 & 1936, Denver

• Yale educated



banana plantation




Aircraft



• 1935 & 1936, Denver

• Yale educated



banana plantation




Aircraft



• Advent of GPS

• Cordillera strategy shift

• General Atomic

Technologies purchase

• Hired Tom Cassidy

• “Build it and they will

come”

• Air / Space America ‘88

The VisionUnmanned Affordable Weaponized Aircraft


• Advent of GPS

• Cordillera strategy shift

• General Atomic

Technologies purchase

• Hired Tom Cassidy

• “Build it and they will

come”

• Air / Space America ‘88

The VisionUnmanned Affordable Weaponized Aircraft


A Perfect MatchSuccessful Company, Right Product

Leading Systems, Inc


A Perfect MatchSuccessful Company, Right Product


Predator

“Aircraft That Changed the World”


Predator

“Aircraft That Changed the World”

1993 1995 1997 1999 2001

Gnat 750

DoD UAV Program

Big Safari

Laser

Designator

“Tall man in white”

Armed PredatorPredator


And Then the World Changed


“Before the war, the Predator had skeptics because it did

not fit the old ways. Now it is clear: The military does not

have enough unmanned vehicles.”

-- President George W. Bush at The Citadel, Dec. 11, 2001

Drones Gain AcceptanceAnd Proliferate


T o d a y & F u t u r e


Remotely Piloted Aircraft TodayCritical to Success


Domestic Border ProtectionBorder Security & Counter Drug Operations


Humanitarian SupportPost-Earthquake Recovery

Haiti Earthquake

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Disaster RecoveryHurricanes and Flooding


Disaster RecoveryFirefighting


Maritime SurveillanceEnhancing Security


MQ-9B SkyGuardianNext Generation MALE RPA

Wing Span: 79 ft.

Length: 38 ft.

Max Gross Takeoff Weight: 12,500 lb.

Payload Capacity: 4,800 lb., 9 hard points (8 wing, 1 centerline)

Power: 45 kVA

Service Life: 40,000 hrs.

Civil Airspace Certifiable

All Weather

Auto Takeoff and Land

42-hr Endurance

>40,000 ft


T h a n k y o u

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