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The Army Continues Fielding, Improving, MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAS

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

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The Army continues to move ahead fielding its largest unmanned aerial system (UAS), the MQ-1C Gray Eagle, and refining its doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) and training, officials said. With units in Afghanistan, the Army is now fielding the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI)-produced Gray Eagles--used primarily for reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting and acquisition--to the 3rd Infantry Div. at Ft. Stewart, Ga., and plans to field to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) in the fall, Col. Timothy Baxter,…

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