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About Gray Eagle

Gray Eagle is GA-ASI’s long-endurance U.S. Army UAS for reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition and tactical strike. It flies for up to 25 hours, reaches 167 KTAS and 29,000 feet, and carries 488 kilograms across its internal and external payload capacity. Supported payloads include electro-optical and infrared sensing with laser designation, synthetic-aperture radar, ground-moving-target indication, communications relay and four Hellfire missiles.

The aircraft uses a 165-horsepower heavy-fuel engine that can operate on jet or diesel fuel. Triple-redundant avionics, redundant flight-control surfaces and automatic takeoff and landing support direct operation by Army field commanders, while line-of-sight TCDL and Ku-band satellite links extend command and data relay. These values belong to the baseline Gray Eagle and are not inherited from the higher-weight Extended Range or 25M derivatives.

Timeline

U.S. Army awards GA-ASI contract to add MOSA-EW capability to Gray Eagle UAS
2025-10-13 - Contract Award - The U.S. Army awarded GA-ASI a contract to add a CMOSS-compliant open architecture electronic warfare capability to Gray Eagle. The work supports C5ISR and electronic warfare integration on the MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAS. The award adds an electronic-warfare upgrade milestone to the Gray Eagle programme.
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