GA-ASI makes strides with further MQ-20 intercept test success
The MQ-20 Avenger is part of a company-funded demo to test possibilities for future combat air autonomy. (Photo: GA-ASI)
The latest test of advanced autonomy development focused on human-machine teaming, loading a mission profile onto the platform.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has carried out a mission autonomy flight demonstration test with its MQ-20 Avenger uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV), as it advances efforts on human-machine teaming.
The company-funded demonstration showcased a live engagement test between the MQ-20 and a crewed aircraft, as well as the use of Anduril’s Infrared Search and Track (IRST) sensor to track and intercept weapon firing at a live target.
It followed on from GA-ASI’s first successful test announcement in June 2025, in which the MQ-20 simulated an autonomous shoot-down as well as testing other autonomy elements – including switching from government-provided software to Shield
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