{"id":21467,"date":"2017-08-30T16:42:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T16:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/30\/army-reevaluating-gray-eagle-drone-operations-employment\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:08:58","slug":"army-reevaluating-gray-eagle-drone-operations-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/uas\/2017\/08\/30\/army-reevaluating-gray-eagle-drone-operations-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Army reevaluating Gray Eagle drone operations, employment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is looking at mirroring the way the Air Force operates its large unmanned aerial systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force\u2019s MQ-1 Predators and MQ-9 Reapers flown halfway around the world are controlled from a remote location within the U.S. via satellite link. But the Army\u2019s MQ-1C&nbsp;Gray Eagles \u2014 which are division assets used at the tactical and operational levels, and are manufactured by the same company as the Predator and Reaper \u2014&nbsp;are operated locally in theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom an Army perspective, we typically take our assets to theater and we fight them in that battle space with those operators that are there &#8230; as opposed to fighting them from back here at [the continental United States],\u201d Army Col. Paul Cravey told C4ISRNET in an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI do see the Army looking at expanding the method in which the Gray Eagle is employed. The Army [Intelligence and Security Command] community is looking at whether this [platform] can be employed much like the Reaper is employed from home station, from CONUS and operated from CONUS and executed via satellite control in an OCONUS scenario, much like the Predators are flown now,\u201d said Cravey, the Army\u2018s Training and Doctrine Command capability manager for reconnaissance and attack at the Aviation Center of Excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of research and some potential experiments are going to go on to use the Gray Eagle in that mode.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cravey noted that the Army has successfully conducted these types of remote operations at the National Training Center in California with operators executing flight operations from Fort Hood, Texas, via satellite links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe know we can do that, but we are probably going to do more experiments to expand that to determine if there\u2019s benefit in operating that way from the Army,\u201d he said, adding that the service is looking to determine the viability of fighting from CONUS to OCONUS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, which manufactures the Predator, Reaper and Gray Eagle, is looking to apply lessons learned from the Reaper and Predator to its Gray Eagle. The Air Force has employed and evolved large unmanned platforms for the last 20 years, and officials are realizing the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/unmanned\/uas\/2017\/05\/30\/reaper-drones-have-untapped-potential-says-top-air-force-official\/\">untapped potential<\/a>\u201d of the aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/unmanned\/uas\/2017\/05\/30\/reaper-drones-have-untapped-potential-says-top-air-force-official\/\">Reaper drones have \u2018untapped potential,\u2019 says top Air Force official<\/a>]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re in a unique position at General Atomics because we can take those lessons learned and experience that the Air Force is gaining in the missions that they\u2019re using their [remotely piloted aircraft] for and bringing those and we work with [Army Program Manager] UAS,\u201d Chris MacFarland, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems\u2018 director of Army programs, told C4ISRNET in an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Defense has indicated it wants to get to 90 global unmanned combat air patrols by 2019.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/unmanned\/uas\/2017\/06\/06\/air-force-rpa-get-well-plan-on-track\/\">Under this plan<\/a>, the Air Force would operate 60 as it currently does, contractors would operate 10, the Army would operate up to 16 and U.S. Special Operations Command would operate up to four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/unmanned\/uas\/2017\/06\/06\/air-force-rpa-get-well-plan-on-track\/\">Air Force RPA \u2018get well\u2019 plan on track<\/a>]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Open architecture<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cravey also noted that the Army has several requests from a variety of stakeholders within the service to integrate different capabilities and payloads on the Gray Eagle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over time, some of these capabilities will make the cut in prioritization and resourcing while others won\u2019t he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re fighting them now with an [electro-optical\/infrared] camera, and it\u2019s kinetic depending on the theater you\u2019re in. 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And given the aircraft can\u2019t carry everything, a commander will have to tailor the payloads for the mission, he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There won\u2019t be different versions of the Gray Eagle, Cravey said, but rather different payloads that can be tailored to a specific mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Korea fight is going to be different than the fight in Southeast Asia, which is going to be different than the fight in southeastern Europe. What are the gaps you need to fill? Is that something we need to look at with the PM for evolving the aircraft to support? 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