{"id":15857,"date":"2018-04-25T21:34:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T21:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/25\/house-lawmakers-want-gray-eagle-in-army-national-guard\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:32:24","slug":"house-lawmakers-want-gray-eagle-in-army-national-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/aaaa\/2018\/04\/25\/house-lawmakers-want-gray-eagle-in-army-national-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"House lawmakers want Gray Eagle drone in Army National Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2014 Members of the House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Subcommittee see utility for the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2017\/02\/09\/army-wants-electronic-warfare-capability-for-gray-eagle-drone\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\"> Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system<\/a> in the Army National Guard, and they want the service to come up with a proposed plan for building up the drone\u2019s capability in the reserve component.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subcommittee put forward its portion of the fiscal 2019 defense authorization bill April 25, including the drone proposal in its markup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Gray Eagle is currently fielded in active-duty combat aviation brigades and intelligence units, the lawmakers state, and there are no systems planned for fielding in the National Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/aaaa\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to find out more about what\u2019s next for U.S. Army aviation from the 2018 AAAA conference.<\/a><\/b><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHowever, the committee notes that there are many missions involving military support to civilian authorities for which the MQ-1C Gray Eagle could contribute, including wildfire response, search and rescue, border security, counternarcotics and communications support during emergencies,\u201d the lawmakers write.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/aaaa\/2018\/04\/25\/these-two-drones-are-leaders-in-accident-rates-how-is-the-us-army-responding\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Shadow.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">These two drones are leaders in accident rates. How is the US Army responding?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. Army has struggled the most with two unmanned aircraft systems in particular when it comes to accident rates.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of this, the subcommittee wants to direct the Army secretary to provide a briefing to the House Armed Services Committee by March 1, 2019, on the \u201cpotential utility, feasibility, and cost of establishing MQ-1C Gray Eagle units in the Army National Guard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee wants the briefing to be \u201cat a minimum\u201d a detailed rundown of resources needed to build two Gray Eagle companies in the Guard and how the units could provide \u201csupport to civilian authorities for domestic emergencies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House lawmakers want a report from the Army secretary on the 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