General atomics

General Atomics (GA) was founded on July 18, 1955 in San Diego , as a division of General Dynamics for the operation and commercialization of nuclear technology.

In 1976, GA acquired the territory at Torrey Pines , which still houses the company's headquarters.

Early GA projects include the TRIGA research nuclear reactor and the Orion interplanetary spacecraft project with a pulsed nuclear engine.

• 1967 - The unit was sold to Gulf Oil and renamed the Gulf General Atomic.
• 1973 - GA renamed General Atomic Company, Royal Dutch Shell (Scallop Nuclear Inc.) received a half share in GA.
• In the 1960s-1970s, the company developed and implemented several projects of high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactors ^[3] ( Fort-Saint-Vrein NPP and Peach-Bottom )
• 1982 - Gulf Oil bought back the stake and renamed the company GA Technologies Inc.
• 1984 - After purchasing Gulf Oil, Chevron became the owner of GA.
• 1986 - GA was sold to current owners Neil Blue ( Eng. Neal Blue ) and Linden Blue ( Eng. Linden Blue ) for $ 50 million ^[3] .
• 1987 - Rear Admiral of the junior stage of the U.S. Navy Thomas Cassidy Jr. ( Eng. Thomas J. Cassidy Jr. ) began working at General Atomics.
• In the 1990s, GA bought the UAV manufacturer Leading Systems (Amber, Gnat devices) ^[3]
• 1993 - GA received part of an NSF order to develop information services for InterNIC ^[5] (left the project in December 1994)
• 1993-1994 - A subsidiary of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) was created to develop UAVs, Neil Blue became CEO , and Thomas Cassidy Jr. became president. ^[6]

On March 15, 2010, Cassidy resigned as president of GA-ASI; Frank Pace became the new president. ^{[7] [8]}

General Atomics is developing the 4th generation Gas Turbine Modular Helium Reactor (GT-MHR) nuclear reactors. In 2010, General Atomics introduced a version of the GT-MHR, called the Energy Multiplier Module (EM2), which uses fast neutrons and is cooled by gas . ^[9]

General Atomics including a subsidiary of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is the largest defense supplier in the San Diego County. The company provides jobs for about 7.6 thousand local residents. ^[ten]

The company was listed among the 50 largest defense suppliers in 2008 with a total order of about 1.1 billion. ^[3]

Between 2000 and 2009, GA and GA-ASI supplied the US military with equipment and services totaling more than 4.6 billion. About 80 percent of GA employees are involved in defense projects ^[3] .

The company has significant lobbying costs. Over the first decade of the 21st century, more than $ 23 million was spent on these goals ^[3] . According to the research of the NGO Center for Public Integrity, in 2000-2005, hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent on 86 foreign trips for officials and their families ^{[2] [3]} .

In 2012, more than $ 1.2 million was spent on lobbying, more than 700 thousand in the first quarter of 2013 ^[11] .

• The group of electromagnetic systems (EMS, Electromagnetic Systems Group), is engaged in the supply of defense, energy and commercial applications. In particular, it produces linear motors, superconducting and conventional electric motors, inverters, equipment for high-voltage systems and other devices for converting, storing and transmitting energy. EMS also develops electromagnetic systems for launching and braking aircraft ( EMALS and AAG), electromagnetic guns ( railgun "Blitzer" for the US Navy and the army ^[12] ), and transport systems Maglev .
• Energy Group ^[13]
  • Controlled fusion
  • Power reactors
• Nuclear Fuels Group

• General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) - design and manufacture of various UAVs, including heavy and impact
• General Atomics Electronic Systems (GA-ESI)
  • Terminal Automation Products (TAP)
  • Radiation Monitoring Systems (RMS)
  • General Atomics Energy Products - produces high voltage capacitors under the Maxwell brand after acquiring the product line from Maxwell Technologies in 2000. ^[14]
  • Gulftronic Separator System
  • TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotopes and General Atomics), ^[15]
• General Atomics Systems Integration, LLC (GA-SI). ^[sixteen]
• ConverDyn - Serves the nuclear industry by supplying UF ₆ uranium gas fluoride. ^[17] It is jointly owned with Honeywell Inc.
• Cotter corporation
• Heathgate Resources Pty. Ltd.
• Nuclear fuels corporation
• Rio Grande Resources Corporation
• TRIGA International (in collaboration with CERCA, a division of Areva )
• Spezialtechnik Dresden GmbH

• 2013 Neal Blue, CEO of General Atomics, received the 29th annual Karman Wings Award ^[18]

• Tokamak DIII-D
• Energy Multiplier Module
• GT-MHR Modular Helium Reactor
• HTGR High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor
• Sequoyah Fuels Corporation

• General atomics
• General Atomics DIII-D Program
• Urban Maglev

• Patents assigned to General Atomics (Neopr.) . US Patent & Trademark Office . Date of treatment July 4, 2006.
• General Atomics Affiliates (Neopr.) . Date of treatment July 9, 2013.