General Atomics provides research, development and consulting services to the nuclear industry, including nuclear energy production, defense and related applications. Founded in 1955 as a division of General Dynamics, General Atomics and its affiliated companies also manufacture, operate, and service state-of-the-art unmanned aerial vehicles, and provide information technologies, nuclear instrumentation, aircraft launch and recovery systems, superconducting magnets, systems for hazardous material destruction, magnetic levitation systems, and many other products and services for government and industry.