General Atomics wins Red Air contract to provide surrogate UAV targets

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) has been awarded a $98 million contract as Lead Systems Integrator for Project Red 5. The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) project, run by the Test Resource Management Center (TRMC), will prototype advanced autonomous air-to-air capability to provide adversary or ‘red air’ training profiles.A GA-ASI statement said: “GA-ASI will operate two of its company-owned MQ-20 Avenger unmanned aircraft systems and provide mission autonomy software that integrates cutting-edge sensors, data links and