General Atomics has won a $80 million contract to provide logistics support to the US Army’s Gray Eagle Block 0 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).
The MQ-1C Gray Eagle has a maximum altitude capability of 29,000 feet and can take off and land without operator assistance, according to published reports. Its payload includes advanced sensing gear and up to four Hellfire missiles.
Work is expected to be completed by June 28, 2020, the US Department of Defense said in a statement Friday.