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General Atomics
General Atomics was conceived in 1955 at San Diego, California for the purpose of harnessing the power of nuclear technologies for the benefit of mankind. General Atomics’ basic research into fission and fusion has matured into competence in many technologies, making GA and its affiliated companies one of the world’s leading resources for high-technology systems development ranging from the nuclear fuel cycle to remotely operated surveillance aircraft, airborne sensors, and advanced electric, electronic, wireless and laser technologies.

Global Progress Through Technology...

Founded in 1955 as a division of General Dynamics, General Atomics (“GA”) and its affiliated companies now constitute one of the world's leading resources for high-technology systems ranging from the nuclear fuel cycle to electromagnetic systems, remotely operated surveillance aircraft, airborne sensors, and advanced electronic, wireless and laser technologies.

GA had an initial charter to explore peaceful uses of atomic energy. Leading scientists came to GA, forming the nucleus of a staff which, including affiliated companies, currently numbers about 5,000. GA carries out the largest and most successful nuclear fusion program in private industry. The company has been the primary developer of modular helium-cooled nuclear power reactor systems, and its TRIGA® research reactors have operated around the world for over 45 years. GA and its affiliated entities also manufacture, operate, and service state-of-the-art unmanned aerial vehicles, are engaged in uranium mining and processing, and provide nuclear instrumentation, aircraft launch and recovery systems, superconducting magnets, systems for hazardous material destruction, magnetic levitation systems, medical diagnostic products, information technology and many other products and services for government and industry.

For over 50 years, GA and its affiliates have been qualified by U.S. Government organizations, including the Department of Energy, Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation, as a government contractor and facilities operator. GA and affiliates' facilities contain over three million square feet of engineering, laboratory and manufacturing installations in the San Diego area. GA and its affiliates also have operations in Berlin, Dresden, Moscow, Tokyo, Adelaide, Washington, D.C., Denver, Los Alamos, Oklahoma City, Tupelo and Ogden.

Products and Technologies

Corrugated Microwave Transmission Line Components
A part of Fusion Technology Products, these include: High Power Transmission Systems and Components, Low Power Transmission Systems and Components, Straight Corrugated Waveguide, and Miter Bends and Polarizers.

Lynx™ SAR
Lynx is a very high resolution, all-weather synthetic aperture radar (SAR)/ground moving target indicator (GMTI airborne radar system developed by GA.

 

Nirvana Storage Resource Broker (SRB)
Nirvana’s flagship product, Storage Resource Broker® (SRB®), is data abstraction software which enables Global Namespaces, virtualizing enterprise-wide data access and management, regardless of where it is stored. 

Nuclear Waste Management
General Atomics has been a leader in the design, fabrication, testing, licensing, and operation of nuclear material transportation and storage systems over the last 30 years.

Power Inverters
Power Inverters AC drives use vector control with sensorless capabilities down to 3hz. Inverters are built using IGBT or GTO technology (application dependent). Other additional options include electronic load sharing, energy management and system monitoring.

Radiation Monitoring Systems
Since the beginning of nuclear power, GA-ESI has provided custom designed, environmentally- and seismically-qualified radiation monitoring equipment to the nuclear power plant industry. More than 2000 GA-ESI radiation monitors have been installed worldwide over the past 25 years.

Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO)
SCWO takes advantage of the unique properties exhibited by water when used above its critical point, 705°F and 3210 psig, to destroy hazardous wastes

 

Terminal Automation Products
GA-ESI’s automation systems manage the distribution of bulk products, primarily petroleum and chemicals, at storage terminals worldwide, most of which operate 24 hours a day. Systems include electronic devices and PC-based software that control and report every drop of product that is moved into and out of the terminals, whether it’s by truck, railcar, marine vessel, or pipeline.

®TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics)
TRIGA, the most widely used research reactor in the world, has an installed base of over sixty-five facilities in twenty-four countries on five continents.

UAVs
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is a leading designer and manufacturer of proven, reliable remotely operated aircraft systems, including the Predator UAV series, and has expanded the acceptance and application of unmanned aircraft systems in the U.S. and among allied forces around the world.

Ultra-wideband
Ultra-wideband (UWB) is a low power, high bandwidth wireless technology developed for applications in the unlicensed communications realm. General Atomics’ multiband chip, Aspen™, with its superior multipath performance and implementation of our novel Spectral Keying® method, delivers clear RF performance well beyond the capabilities of existing wireless solutions.

Urban Maglev
Urban Maglev is a new transportation solution aimed at meeting urgent needs for faster, cleaner means of passenger transport in local communities and urban areas.

Cryotech Deicing
A global leader in deicing technology, Cryotech manufactures and markets environmentally compatible acetate-based highway, commercial, and airport runway deicers as well as propylene glycol-based aircraft deicers.

Cryofracture
GA has combined its experience in robotic engineering, process control technology, and cryogenics to develop the Cryofracture process for disposing of every type of chemical munition in the U.S. stockpile and most conventional munition types as well.

Diazyme Laboratories
Diazyme Laboratories applies its proprietary Substrate-Trapping-Enzyme (STE) Technology and Protein Engineering Techniques to develop low cost and uniform diagnostic products for clinical and research uses.

Display Products
Display Products was founded in 2000 and is a division of General Atomics. We have assembled an innovative group of talented engineers and scientists. We are performing research and product development in the area of thin film coatings. We have specialized in sophisticated coatings like ultra-barrier coatings on plastic and transparent conductive coatings on plastic and other substrates.

Fusion Technology Products
These products have been developed from years of advanced research in nuclear fusion.

 

Gas Turbine Modular Helium Reactor
(GT-MHR)

The GT-MHR combines a meltdown-proof reactor and advanced gas turbine technology in a power plant with a quantum improvement in thermal efficiency. . . approaching 50%. This efficiency makes possible much lower power costs, without the environmental degradation and resource depletion of burning fossil fuels.

Gulftronic® Separator Systems
The Gulftronic® Separator System is a continuous operation, electrostatic, on-stream separation system currently in use by most major oil companies. Since their initial introduction in 1979, over 30 systems have been installed at petroleum refineries worldwide.

High Voltage Capacitors/Power Supplies
General Atomics Energy Products is globally recognized as the leading U.S. developer and manufacturer of advanced film capacitors, high voltage capacitors, high energy capacitors, metallized capacitors and high current capacitors for pulse power and other demanding applications.

Homeland Security
As the United States focuses on protecting and defending itself against the threat of terrorism, General Atomics has the experience and technology to help both government and private enterprise design and implement systems to address this unprecedented challenge.

Lasers
General Atomics Photonics Division develops emerging technologies in solid-state lasers, sensors, diffractive optics and ultra-wideband technology for commercial and governmental applications.

 

Operating Groups

Advanced Technologies Group

Advanced Process Systems Division
Minimization and disposal of hazardous wastes is a serious concern. The Advanced Process Systems Division (APS) of GA has developed advanced process systems to destroy any organic wastes (Hazardous Waste Destruction) and to destroy conventional and chemical munitions (Demilitarization). The APS is also investigating New Technologies to convert plastic wastes, trash, and biomass into usable power and to produce fuels from algae to reduce our dependence on foreign fuel supplies. The Division has 25 years’ experience developing new technologies for real-world use by both civilian and military customers.

Electromagnetic Systems Division
GA’s Electromagnetic Systems (EMS) Division focuses on the military and commercial applications of advanced electromagnetic technologies, including power generation and distribution, magnetic levitation, and systems design and engineering. The EMS Division supports government customers, which include the Department of Defense, Department of Energy and the Department of Transportation.

Systems, Space & Materials Division
This division includes technologies such as: E-SMART® Sensor Networking System, Logistics Technology and Support, Information Systems, Advanced Materials, Signature Control, Space Power Conversion.

 

Nuclear Waste Management
General Atomics has been a leader in the design, fabrication, testing, licensing, and operation of nuclear material transportation and storage systems over the last 30 years.

 

Energy Group

Fusion Energy Research
Fusion is the process that powers the sun and the stars. It is the reaction in which two atoms of hydrogen combine together, or fuse, to form an atom of helium. In the process some of the mass of the hydrogen is converted into energy. Fusion has the potential to be an inexhaustible source of energy.

 

Power Reactors
The GT-MHR combines a meltdown-proof reactor and advanced gas turbine technology in a power plant with a quantum improvement in thermal efficiency- approaching 50%. This efficiency makes possible much lower power costs, without the environmental degradation and resource depletion of burning fossil fuels.

 

Photonics
General Atomics Photonics Division develops emerging technologies in solid-state lasers, sensors, diffractive optics and ultra-wideband technology for commercial and government applications.

Nuclear Fuels Group

®TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics)
TRIGA, the most widely used research reactor in the world, has an installed base of over sixty-five facilities in twenty-four countries on five continents.

 

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