MQ-1 Gray Eagle - Army UAV (MIP)
Abstract
The production MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has changed based on new Army Guidance from a company sized unit equipped with twelve (12) Unmanned Aircraft (UA) and associated support equipment to balanced Platoons, each capable of operating independently with four (4) Aircraft. Each will be equipped with a Standard Equipment Package (SEP), Ground Equipment and the following Payloads: Electro-Optical/Infrared, Laser Range Finder/Laser Designator (EO/IR/LRF/LD), communications relay, and up to four (4) HELLFIRE Missiles. The SEP includes: two (2) Universal Ground Control Stations (UGCS), two (2) Ground Data Terminal?s (GDT?s), one (1) Satellite Communication (SATCOM) Ground Data Terminal (SGDT), one (1) Portable Ground Control Station (PGCS), one (1) Portable Ground Data Terminal (PGDT), one (1) Automatic Take-off and Landing System (ATLS) set which includes (2) Tactical Automatic Landing Systems (TALS), and ground support equipment. Ground Based Sense and Avoid (GBSAA) provides a solution to the ?See and Avoid? issues associated with gaining access to the National Airspace System (NAS) for UAS. GBSAA is a ground-based means of detecting airborne traffic and providing the necessary intelligence to the UAS, allowing it to Sense and Avoid (SAA) as an alternate means of compliance with CFR Part 91. Justification: FY 2013 funding of $74,618 million will provide for software/hardware fixes identified from the Initial Test and Evaluation (IOTE) in FY2012. It will provide funding to conduct the Follow-On Test and Evaluation (FOTE) for the Universal Ground Control Station (UGCS) and the Universal Ground Data Terminal, GBSAA development, testing and integration of the Phase I Plus systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 0305219A_7_2040_PB_2013
- Change Summary Explanation
- Service Agency Name
- Army
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army
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