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General Atomics is a defense contractor headquartered in San Diego, California, specializing in nuclear physics. General Atomics' research into nuclear fission and nuclear fusion has also had bearing on related technologies, allowing the company to expand into other fields of research and manufacturing. General Atomics develops systems ranging from the nuclear fuel cycle to remotely operated surveillance aircraft, airborne sensors, advanced electric, electronic, wireless, and laser technologies. ==History== General Atomics (GA) was founded on July 18, 1955, in San Diego, California as the General Atomic division of General Dynamics "for the purpose of harnessing the power of nuclear technologies for the benefit of mankind". GA's first offices were in the General Dynamics facility on Hancock Street in San Diego. GA also used a schoolhouse on San Diego's Barnard Street as its temporary headquarters, which it would later "adopt" as part of its Education Outreach program. In 1956 San Diego voters approved the transfer of land to GA for permanent facilities in Torrey Pines and the John Jay Hopkins Laboratory for Pure and Applied Science was formally dedicated there on June 25, 1959. The Torrey Pines facility continues to serve as the company's headquarters today. The initial projects were the TRIGA nuclear research reactor and Project Orion. A brief history of the company follows: * 1967: Sold to Gulf Oil and renamed Gulf General Atomic. * 1973: Renamed "General Atomic Company" when Royal Dutch Shell Group's Scallop Nuclear Inc. became a 50-50 partner. * 1982: Renamed "GA Technologies Inc" when Gulf bought out its partner. * 1984: Taken ownership of by Chevron following its merger with Gulf Oil. * 1986: Sold to a company owned by Neal Blue and Linden Blue when it assumed its current name. * 1987: Joined by former U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, Thomas J. Cassidy, Jr. * 1993: Awarded the "Information Services" portion of the NSF contract for InterNIC functions〔.〕 and publishes Internet Scout Report.〔.〕 * 1993: Spawned General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), with Neal Blue as Chairman-CEO and Thomas J. Cassidy as President. * 1994: GA-ASI spun off as an affiliate.〔.〕 * 1995: Ended role as provider of InterNIC Information Services. On March 15, 2010, Rear Adm. Thomas J. Cassidy stepped down as President of GA-ASI’s Aircraft Systems Group, staying on as non-executive chairman of the company's management committee. Frank Pace, the executive vice president of Aircraft Systems Group, succeeded Cassidy as President of GA-ASI.〔.〕 General Atomics is also developing a Generation IV reactor design, the Gas Turbine Modular Helium Reactor (GT-MHR). In 2010, General Atomics presented a new version of the GT-MHR, the Energy Multiplier Module (EM2), which uses fast neutrons and is a Gas-cooled fast reactor.〔.〕 General Atomics, including its affiliate, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, is San Diego County’s largest defense contractor, according to a September 2013 report by the San Diego Military Affairs Council. The top five contractors, ranked by defense-generated revenue in fiscal year 2013, were General Atomics, followed by Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics-NASSCO, BAE Systems, and SAIC. A separate October 2013 report by the San Diego Business Journal ranked contractors by the number of local employees. The top three contractors were General Atomics (7,668 local employees), Northrop Grumman (3,847), and SAIC (2,778).〔.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「General Atomics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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