MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range
The MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range doubles the baseline Gray Eagle's endurance to 42 hours: wing-pod fuel tanks, uprated engine and SIGINT payload — it is the long-endurance variant for US Army Deep Sensing missions in the high-end fight.
MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range
The MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range doubles the baseline Gray Eagle's endurance to 42 hours: wing-pod fuel tanks, uprated engine and SIGINT payload — it is the long-endurance variant for US Army Deep Sensing missions in the high-end fight.
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Identity
- Designation
- MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range
- Alias
- MQ-1C ER / Improved Gray Eagle
- Manufacturer
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI)
- Country
- United States
- Year
- 2017
- Category
- UCAV (Combat UAV)
- Class
- MALE (Medium-altitude / long-endurance)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 740 km
- Endurance
- 42 h
- Top speed
- 309 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 8,840 m
- Propulsion
- Diesel Thielert Centurion 2.0 uprated, 180 hp
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 1905 kg
- Payload
- 580 kg
- Hardpoints
- 4
- Weapons
- AGM-114 Hellfire, GBU-44 Viper Strike, ALE Altius-600 (swarming)
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- EO/IR MTS-B, SAR/GMTI AN/ZPY-1 STARLite Block 30, SIGINT ASIP-2
- Datalink / control
- SATCOM Ku-band beyond-line-of-sight + LOS C-band
- Launch
- Decollo da pista
- Recovery
- Atterraggio automatico su pista
Production & inventory
- Estimated inventory
- ~135 in servizio US Army
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History
Developed from 2012, Gray Eagle ER first flew in 2014 and reached IOC in 2017. The endurance jump from 27 to 42 hours comes from two wing fuel tanks and a 10% uprated Centurion 2.0 engine.
In 2024 GA-ASI integrated on the Gray Eagle ER the ability to launch Altius-600 (Anduril Area-I) swarms for swarming and contested-airspace penetration missions.