Flight of the Gray Eagle: How a proven platform evolves
The possibilities are endless with the next generation of Gray Eagle, making it easy to envision more missions and capabilities on the horizon.
General Atomics will also showcase its Mojave demonstrator for the first time during the Army Aviation Association of America conference in Denver, a company spokesman said.
“For the purpose of the test, direct line of sight was used, but in some future world operators would fly this just like a MQ-9 flies today, over satellite and remotely,” GA-ASI's C. Mark Brinkley told Breaking Defense.
“The intent is to launch the [Mojave] aircraft from the aircraft carrier and if conditions are suitable, we'll look at recovering it,” said Jaime Walters, vice president of international strategic development at GA-ASI.
While still seeking customers in the US military, General Atomics president Dave Alexander says several unnamed international parties are interested in latest deadly remotely controlled aircraft.