U.S. Army’s Newly-Named ‘Gray Eagle’ UAV Fires First Missiles

Credit: GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS
Weapons clearance tests of the U.S. Army’s MQ-1C unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will accelerate this week with live firing of several Hellfire missiles from an aircraft destined for an Afghanistan-bound Quick Reaction Capability unit. Arming of the MQ-1C Sky Warrior, a substantially advanced...

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