MQ-1 Gray Eagle - Army UAV (MIP)

Abstract

Gray Eagle provides the Division Commander a dedicated, assured, multi-mission Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for the tactical flight assigned to Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), Army Special Operations Aviation Command, (ARSOAC), and Aerial Exploitation Battalions (AEB) in support of the Division Fires, Battlefield Surveillance Brigades (BSB) and Brigade Combat Teams (BCT), based upon the Division Commander's priorities. Provides Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (RSTA), command and control, communications relay, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and battle damage assessment capability. The MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAS will be fielded to (15) units. A Gray Eagle unit consists of either 9 or 12 Aircraft and a Standard Equipment Package (SEP) and Payloads to include: Electro-Optical/Infrared Laser Range Finder/Laser Designator (EO/IR/RF/LD), communication relay, and up to (4) HELLFIRE Missiles. The Combat Aviation Brigades (CAB) consist of Soldiers, (9) Aircraft, (5) Universal Ground Control Stations (UGCS), (6) Universal Ground Data Terminals (UGDT), (1) Mobile Ground Control Station (MGCS), (1) Satellite Communication (SATCOM) Ground Data Terminal (SGDT), (9) Satellite Airborne Data Terminals (SADT), (3) Automatic Take-off and Landing Systems (ATLS), and Ground Support Equipment (GSE). The Aerial Exploitation Battalions (AEB) consist of (9) Aircraft, (5) Universal Ground Control Stations (UGCS), (6) Universal Ground Data Terminals (UGDT), (1) Mobile Ground Control Station (MGCS), (1) Satellite Communication (SATCOM) Ground Data Terminal (SGDT), (9) Satellite Airborne Data Terminals (SADT), (3) Automatic Take-off and Landing Systems (ATLS), and Ground Support Equipment (GSE). The number of soldiers assigned to each of the AEB units will be determined upon issuance of the Force Design Update in the summer of 2013. The Army Special Operations Aviation Command (ARSOAC) units consist of Soldiers, (12) Aircraft, (6) Universal Ground Control Stations (UGCS), (7) Universal Ground Data Terminals (UGDT), (3) Mobile Ground Control Stations (MGCS), (3) Satellite Communication (SATCOM) Ground Data Terminals (SGDT), (12) Satellite Airborne Data Terminals (SADT), (3) Automatic Take-off and Landing Systems (ATLS), and Ground Support Equipment (GSE). Deployed units also receive (4) Ka Satellite Communication (SATCOM) Ground Data Terminals (SGDT) and (12) Ka Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Airborne Data Terminals (SADT) for access to military (Ka band) satellites while OCONUS. Justification: FY 2014 funding of $10.901 million will provide funding for development of SW Version 4.3.2 and planning of the PPT4 and FOTE test events. FOTE is currently scheduled for the first quarter of FY 2015. FY 2014 funds will also provide for Ground Based Sense and Avoid (GBSAA) development, testing, and integration into the Gray Eagle System.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• Source ID: 0305219A_7_2040_PB_2014
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Aircrafts
• Anti-Tank Missiles
• Artificial Satellites
• Command And Control
• Contracts
• Engineering
• Ground Control Stations
• Ground Support
• Ground Support Equipment
• Logistics
• Satellite Communications
• Signals Intelligence
• Synthetic Aperture Radar
• Test And Evaluation
• Training
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

• Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Directed Energy
• Fully Networked C3
• Space
• Space - Satellites