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MQ-1C Gray Eagle / Gray Eagle ER
Also known as: Gray Eagle · GE-ER · Improved Gray Eagle
Manufacturer: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
US Army's MQ-1 derivative MALE UAV with up to 45-hour ER endurance. Carries Hellfire and GBU-44 Viper Strike.
SPECIFICATIONS
Category
strike
In service since
2009
Weight
1633 kg
Payload
488 kg
Range
2500 km
Endurance
2700 min
Speed
280 km/h
Control
satcom
EW resistance
medium
Autonomy
operator-on-loop
Unit cost (USD)
$10,000,000 – $25,000,000
NOTABLE USE CASES
US Army deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria; transfer requests to Ukraine 2022-2023 ultimately not approved as of 2024.
RECENT EVENTS
deployment2026-07-20Anduril unveils Thunder autonomous hybrid-electric tiltrotor combat drone concept at Farnborough Airshow🇬🇧deployment2026-06-05US Air Force seeks to buy unused MQ-9A Reapers to backfill losses from Middle East operationsseizure2026-05-31Iran shoots down U.S. MQ-1 drone over waters near Iran; CENTCOM says it struck Iranian drone-related sites🇮🇷exercise2026-05-11U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Reaper test-fires laser-guided APKWS rockets at Nevada Test and Training Range🇺🇸deployment2026-03-03U.S. Army to base HADES aircraft and establish an operational drone battalion at Fort Hood🇺🇸deployment2019-01-01U.S. Navy continues operating transferred MQ-1 Predators as NMQ-1B test and training drones🇺🇸
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Data confidence: 90 / 100. Catalog is in active development.