MQ-1C Gray Eagle

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military aircraft reconnaissance aircraft unmanned aerial vehicle unmanned combat aerial vehicle

The MQ-1C Gray Eagle is a U.S. Army long-endurance, medium-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle designed primarily for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.

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Surface form Occurrences
MQ-1C Gray Eagle (in some elements) 1
MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military aircraft ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
unmanned aerial vehicle ⓘ
unmanned combat aerial vehicle ⓘ
armament AGM-114 Hellfire ⓘ
surface form: AGM-114 Hellfire missile
avionics electro-optical/infrared sensor turret ⓘ
ground moving target indicator radar ⓘ
laser designator ⓘ
synthetic aperture radar ⓘ
communicationSystem line-of-sight data link ⓘ
satellite communications link ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cruiseSpeed 150 knots ⓘ
designedFor long-endurance missions ⓘ
medium-altitude operations ⓘ
developedFrom MQ-1 Predator ⓘ
endurance 25 hours ⓘ
up to 40 hours with external fuel ⓘ
engineCount 1 ⓘ
engineType Thielert Centurion 1.7 diesel engine ⓘ
hardpoints 4 ⓘ
hasVariant MQ-1C Gray Eagle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range
height 2.1 m ⓘ
introduced 2009 ⓘ
landingGear tricycle fixed landing gear ⓘ
landingMethod conventional runway landing ⓘ
launchMethod conventional runway takeoff ⓘ
length 8.53 m ⓘ
manufacturer General Atomics ⓘ
surface form: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
maximumSpeed 167 knots ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight 1633 kg ⓘ
missionType armed overwatch ⓘ
close air support (limited) ⓘ
intelligence collection ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
operator United States Army ⓘ
payloadCapacity 261 kg ⓘ
primaryUser U.S. Army aerial exploitation battalions ⓘ
programName Extended Range Multi-Purpose ⓘ
propulsion pusher propeller ⓘ
role battlefield surveillance ⓘ
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance ⓘ
precision strike ⓘ
target acquisition ⓘ
serviceCeiling 29000 ft ⓘ
serviceEntry 2010s ⓘ
usedBy United States Army ⓘ
variantOf MQ-1 Predator ⓘ
surface form: General Atomics Predator family
wingspan 17 m ⓘ

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Night Stalkers → aircraftOperated → MQ-1C Gray Eagle ⓘ
this entity surface form: MQ-1C Gray Eagle (in some elements)
MQ-1C Gray Eagle → hasVariant → MQ-1C Gray Eagle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range