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US Army places order for four new MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAVs.
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World Aviation Defense & Security Industry News - United States
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US Army places order for four new MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAVs
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The US-based unmanned aircraft manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.has been awarded a $25,287,320 contract from the US Army for acquisition of four Gray Eagle War replacement aircraft and four satellite air data terminals under the Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft Systems full rate production contract, the US DoD announced on Sept. 16.
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 A US Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAV(Credit: GA-ASI) |
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"Work will be performed in Poway, California, with an estimated completion date of December 30, 2017. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity," the US DoD said.
An essential element of the U.S. Army's Aviation Modernization Plan, GA-ASI's Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) is an innovative and technologically advanced derivative of the combat-proven Predator.
ray Eagle features an automatic takeoff and landing system (ATLS) that allows the aircraft to be launched and recovered without any operator interaction. The Army is equipping 15 companies with Gray Eagle drones to go to every active-duty division. Two to three companies are being fielded annually until 2018. |
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