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Army Tackles UAV Weaponization

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Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

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By Ann Roosevelt The Army's extended range-multi-purpose MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) in theater in the Quick Reaction Capability 1 (QRC 1) now carry weapons, an Army aviation official said. "We did just complete weaponization on QRC 1 in Iraq," Tim Owings, deputy project manager UASs, said at the Association of the United States Army Aviation Symposium and Exhibition last week. The MQ-1C Gray Eagle, produced General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, is part of the Army's response to combatant…

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