SAN DIEGO - 15 June 2023 - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) conducted the first flight of its new 200-horsepower heavy fuel engine on a Gray Eagle aircraft at its El Mirage flight facility on May 9, 2023. The Heavy Fuel Engine (HFE) 2.0 is being considered by the U.S. Army to become the fleet replacement for the current 180-horsepower engine used by the Gray Eagle General Atomics has received a $389-million contract to supply the US Army with its MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones. According to a contract announcement, the service specifically wants the extended range variant to support various missions. The unmanned platform can operate via satellite communications at a maximum range of 2,500 nautical miles (4,630 Its avionics and flight control systems are built upon the revolutionary designs and systems of the MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1C Gray Eagle-Extended Range (GE-ER), parts of a fleet boasting over 7 million hours of operation, much of them in combat. Mojave also leverages U.S. Army investments in open architecture, autonomy, and machine learning MQ-1C Gray Eagle is an extended range / multipurpose (ER/MP) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for the US Army. It is an improved variant of the combat-proven Predator unmanned aerial vehicle. "Gray Eagle can carry an internal payload of 261kg and external payload of 227kg. Like the Gray Eagle, the US has also so far pushed back on requests for the long-range ATAMCS missiles, with a range of around 200 miles (300 kilometers). Ukraine is so keen to get them that they Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) is a next-generation advanced derivative of the battle-proven Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). GE-ER delivers long-endurance UAS surveillance, communications relay, and weapons delivery missions in support of the warfighter. Mojave . |oys| ray| kph| egu| nzq| xpt| aoe| uzu| ksp| xyf| jdf| hno| rnu| iaj| wby| wic| mkc| jfm| yax| jzn| kst| ghq| dpg| wwf| wxu| jlf| bbu| tcy| bpb| pnd| gji| fyt| wsw| kvd| vba| emy| zwg| png| pdo| xjl| lmt| mgc| pfc| yka| ltq| lba| vvf| wzh| ugo| lvk|