General Atomics
General Atomics is a nuclear physics and defense contractor in southern California. Among other things, it is the manufacturer of the Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
General Atomics was conceived in 1955 at San Diego, California for the purpose of harnessing the power of nuclear technologies for the benefit of the United States of America. It was founded on July 18th, as General Atomic as a division of General Dynamics. It was sold in 1967 to Gulf Oil and renamed Gulf General Atomic. In 1973 it was renamed General Atomic Co when Shell was a partner in the company. Shell left the venture in 1982 and Gulf named it GA Technologies Inc. Chevron purchaced Gulf in 1984. In 1986 it was sold to a company owned by Neal and Linden Blue when it assumed it's current name.
The initial projects were the TRIGA nuclear reactor and Project Orion.
The TRIGA model of small nuclear reactor has been installed at 35 locations in the USA and a further 35 locations across the world, in such diverse countries as Italy, Japan, Congo, Brazil, Vietnam, Iran, and Mexico.
Business groups include:
Advanced Technologies Group
- Advanced Process Systems Division
- Electromagnetic Systems Division
- Systems Engineering Division
- Nuclear Waste Management
Energy Group
- Controlled Fusion
- Power Reactors
- Photonics
Targeting and ISR Group
- Lynx Systems
See also
References
External Links
- about General Atomics
- Headquarters:
- Maps and aerial photos