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General Atomics is a nuclear physics and Defense Contractor in southern California . Among other things, it is the manufacturer of the Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). General Atomics was conceived in 1955 at San Diego , California for the purpose of harnessing the power of nuclear technologies for the benefit of the United States Of America . It was founded on July 18th , as General Atomic as a division of General Dynamics . It was sold in 1967 to Gulf Oil and renamed Gulf General Atomic . In 1973 it was renamed General Atomic Co when Shell was a partner in the company. Shell left the venture in 1982 and Gulf named it GA Technologies Inc . Chevron purchased Gulf in 1984 . In 1986 it was sold to a company owned by Neal Blue and Linden Blue when it assumed its current name. The initial projects were the TRIGA Nuclear Reactor and Project Orion . TRIGA NUCLEAR REACTOR The TRIGA model of small nuclear reactor has been installed at 35 locations in the USA and a further 35 locations across the world, in such diverse countries as Italy , Japan , Congo , Brazil , Vietnam , Iran , and Mexico . ''TRIGA International'', a joint venture between General Atomics and CERCA — a subsidiary of Framatome of France — was established in 1996. Since then TRIGA fuel assemblies have been manufactured at CERCA's plant in Romans-sur-Isère , France . BUSINESS GROUPS Business groups include: Advanced Technologies Group
Energy Group
Targeting and ISR Group
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