Threat Status explores the underpinnings of U.S. global drone dominance with General Atomics, a company that shaped the backbone of American leadership over unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the post-9/11 era and continues to be a standard setter today on futuristic UAS development and production. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems President Dave Alexander takes National Security Editor Guy Taylor inside the company’s Secure Advanced Manufacturing facilities in Poway, California, for a wide-ranging discussion on the history of the Reaper, Predator and Sky Guardian drones, with exclusive insight on General Atomics’ new Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), why it is needed, and how its development intersects with the Pentagon’s current push for domestically-produced small drones. This project was sponsored by General Atomics.Â
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