atomics

[ uh-tom-iks ]

noun(used with a singular verb)Informal.

Origin of atomics

see origin at atomic, -ics

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The system has already been used to fly a drone from a company called Kratos, as well as multiple General atomics MQ-20 Avenger drones.
The most high-flying aerospace innovations of 2021 | Charlie Wood and Rob Verger | December 2, 2021 | Popular-Science
Loma Media’s website boasts of having worked with more than 100 clients, including the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, the Navy SEALs and General atomics, a defense contractor.
Public Agencies Are Spending More on PR to Boost Their Reputations | Sofía Mejías Pascoe | June 1, 2021 | Voice of San Diego
One of those is Neal Blue, the co-owner and CEO of General atomics, the company that makes the Predator and Reaper drones.
Speed Read: James Risen Indicts The War On Terror’s Costly Follies | William O’Connor | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Inside the New Drone Industry By Clive Irving, Sept. 30, 2011 Heard of a company called General atomics?
Cheney Cheers Awlaki Kill | | October 2, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
The drones were conceived, designed, and delivered by a division of General atomics, based in San Diego.
Cheney Cheers Awlaki Kill | | October 2, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST

Drones are delivered by General atomics in units of four, and each unit costs around $70 million.
Death From Above | Clive Irving | September 30, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
We had a weapon in our favor, the most dangerous weapon ever devised, a thousand times more potent than atomics.
Bear Trap | Alan Edward Nourse
Under daylight atomics the transport engineers in their glass perches read the dials and turned the switches.
The Syndic | C.M. Kornbluth
We can squeeze about three light-years out of the fuel before we're back on atomics.
Warrior Race | Robert Sheckley
Therefore, when we have rid this world of atomics we will leave and you will start all over again.
The Galaxy Primes | Edward Elmer Smith
There was an equation which had proved its effectiveness, upon which the whole science of atomics was based.
Eight Keys to Eden | Mark Irvin Clifton

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