Selection Follows Successful Pitch During Blue Magic Netherlands Event // PHOTO: General Atomics
July 9, 2025
BY General Atomics
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The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has started prototyping commercial and dual-use technology solutions to provide Counter UAS solutions that defeat group 3 and above adversarial threats, ensure the sovereignty of our national airspace, and protect our personnel, equipment, and facilities at home and abroad.
Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, has completed critical testing on its small turbofan engine family for use on Collaborative Combat Aircraft, or CCAs. Testing confirms that the business can increase thrust on these existing engines for use on CCA platforms.
Northrop Grumman Corporation opened a new state-of-the-art production and assembly center in Rocket Center, West Virginia, to scale delivery of advanced strike missiles. The new Missile Integration Facility is the latest expansion of the Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant at the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory and builds on the company’s ability to scale production and rapidly manufacture critical capabilities for high-rate production programs.
Amprius Technologies, Inc. announced it has secured a purchase order totaling over $35 million for its SiCore® cells from a leading Unmanned Aerial Systems (“UAS”) manufacturer. This follows a $15 million purchase order placed in February 2025, underscoring the accelerating adoption of Amprius’ high energy density batteries.
The YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft, designed and developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), is now conducting flight testing in coordination with the U.S. Air Force. This historic achievement continues the company’s rapid creation of new, jet-powered uncrewed platforms chartered by the U.S. Air Force.