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GA-ASI MQ-1C Gray Eagle: Tactical drone | Drone Consult

Products/MQ-1C Gray Eagle

In production

MQ-1C Gray Eagle

Tactical · made by GA-ASI (United States)

Extended range multi-mission UAS

MTOW: 1633 kg
Payload: 488 kg
Endurance: 25 h
Range: 400 km
Ceiling: 8,839 m
Speed: 309 km/h
Used by: Ukraine · South Korea · United States
In service: since 2009 · combat-proven
Role: Multi-role

Who bought it

7 contracts, 2012–2026 · ≈ EUR 3.3B awarded in 7 · most often Department of the Air Force (3), US Army (2), Defense Contract Management Agency

Apr 2026Department of the Air ForceMQ-1C RR trailer running gear system - four (4) for wright-patterson air force base, ohioUSD 187K
Mar 2026Department of the Air ForceMQ-1C trailer jack screws - two (2) for wright-patterson air force base, ohioUSD 18K
Mar 2026DoDSocom is requesting on behalf of united states africa command (africom), two threads up-linking from the local operational area with a 6.25M terminal to MQ-1C terminals. additionally, two forward links of 512 KBPS and two return links of 10 MBPSUSD 287K
Jun 2021

›All contracts(7)

Apr 2026Department of the Air ForceMQ-1C RR trailer running gear system - four (4) for wright-patterson air force base, ohioUSD 187K
Mar 2026Department of the Air ForceMQ-1C trailer jack screws - two (2) for wright-patterson air force base, ohioUSD 18K
Mar 2026DoDSocom is requesting on behalf of united states africa command (africom), two threads up-linking from the local operational area with a 6.25M terminal to MQ-1C terminals. additionally, two forward links of 512 KBPS and two return links of 10 MBPSUSD 287K
Jun 2021

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From ga-asi.com · updated 30 Aug 2026ⓘ

Not from an official registry filing, so check the details against the original.

Department of the Air ForceEndurance UAS (EUAS), tactical UAS (TUAS), soldier UAS (SUAS), and command control and effects (C2E) for army program executive office (PEO) aviation (AVN), unmanned aircraft systems project office (UASPO)

USD 68.9M

Apr 2019Defense Contract Management AgencyRequirement is for the procurement of performance based logistics support services for the MQ-1C gray eagle unmanned aircraft systemUSD 1.9B

Department of the Air Force

Endurance UAS (EUAS), tactical UAS (TUAS), soldier UAS (SUAS), and command control and effects (C2E) for army program executive office (PEO) aviation (AVN), unmanned aircraft systems project office (UASPO)

USD 68.9M

Apr 2019Defense Contract Management AgencyRequirement is for the procurement of performance based logistics support services for the MQ-1C gray eagle unmanned aircraft systemUSD 1.9B

Sept 2013US ArmyFy 13 full rate production of the gray eagle unmanned aircraft system and fy 12 backfill requirementsUSD 1.1B

Jul 2012US ArmyFy 12 procurement of two (2) MQ-1C gray eagle systems for fielding units sixth and seventh unit equipped (UE) and five (5) additional attrition aircraft, including initial spares, plus additional hardware necessary to back-fill fielded units first thru the fifth ue, unmanned aircraftUSD 539.4M

›Full description and specifications

Wingspan: 17 m
Propulsion: piston
Class: Class II
First flight: 2004