GA earns logistics work for AF

The Air Force awarded General Atomics’ Aeronautical Systems Inc. a $375.2 million contract for logistical support for its unmanned Predator and Reaper aircraft. Work will be performed in Poway, Calif., and extend through the end of 2015. (Source: San Diego Business Journal, 12/23/14) Central Mississippi Note: GA Electromagnetic Systems Group has a manufacturing and testing facility outside of Tupelo, Miss., that provides advanced launch and recovery systems for aircraft carriers; manufactures large robotics, electrical motor winding equipment and a full range of computer numerical controlled machining and milling equipment - primarily for the U.S. Navy.