United States, Jan. 20 -- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) began construction January 14 on a new hangar at El Mirage Airfield in El Mirage, California. The new construction is in the high desert of Southern California adjacent to GA-ASI's current Desert Horizon Flight Operations Facility.GA-ASI plans to build nearly 85,000 square feet of new hangar space that will house and test GA-ASI's latest Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), the MQ-9B SkyGuardian(R)/SeaGuardian(R). As part of the new construction, GA-ASI expects to dedicate space to support as many as a dozen new Certifiable Ground Control Station (CGCS), which are used to operate the RPA.The groundbreaking event featured GA-ASI team members, as well as local dignitari...