United States, June 17 -- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. completed a first-of-its-kind test involving multiple aircraft and advanced software on June 11 that included a successful simulated autonomous shoot-down.A GA-ASI-owned MQ-20 Avenger(R) unmanned jet used the latest government reference autonomy software in an exercise involving multiple live and virtual aircraft - as well as software supplied by Shield AI.Because software-defined mission capabilities are evolving so fast, it's critical that aircraft hardware be agnostic as to the origins of these upgrades. GA-ASI's flights have underscored how compliance with what are called "government reference architectures" enables essential interoperability for hardware and software....