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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Gets Behind Musk’s DOGE

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, January 27th, 2025

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Gets Behind Musk’s DOGE

An MQ-9B flies in the United Kingdom for the RAF100 event in 2018 (General Atomics Photo)

Emphasizing its role as a challenger to the status quo, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) developer and manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GASI) is offering its support to President Trump’s government efficiency initiative by providing advice on ways to speed Defense Department acquisitions and improve the foreign military sales (FMS) process. The company overcame established interests—which remain—and battled its way to an industry leading position in the UAS space, the company’s chief executive wrote Elon Musk last Friday. “GA-ASI, an industry…

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