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General Atomics Sees Expansion of Gray Eagle-Extended Range Role in Army Future Vertical Lift Program

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020

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General Atomics Sees Expansion of Gray Eagle-Extended Range Role in Army Future Vertical Lift Program

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General Atomics said on Tuesday that it sees an expansion of the role of the company's Gray Eagle-Extended Range (GE-ER) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in the U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program. "General Atomics anticipates the role of the GE-ER to expand as the Army develops the payloads to enable longer range detection, identification, location and reporting of targets in both its role as an intelligence platform and as a reconnaissance asset," General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) wrote…

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