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MQ-1C Gray Eagle

Overview 19 April 2011

LTC Kevin Messer PM-Medium Altitude Endurance

Unmanned Aircraft Systems

MQ-1C Gray Eagle System Overview

Mission Requirements:

Characteristics / Description:

12 Multi-Purpose Aircraft (6 w/SATCOM)

6 Ground Control Stations

3 Portable Ground Control Stations

6 Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL) Ground Data

Terminals

2 TCDL Portable Ground Data Terminals

3 Ground SATCOM system

6 Automatic Takeoff and Landing Systems

Payloads

Electro Optic/Infrared (EO/IR)

Synthetic Aperture Radar's (SAR) / Ground Moving

Target Indicator (GMTI)

SIGINT

WIN-T Communications Payload (WCP)

Ground Support Equipment

Company Set of Equipment

Mission: Provides the Division Commander a responsive, agile, and flexible capability to perform RSTA, Communications Relay, Manned-Unmanned Teaming and Target Attack Capability

Deployed and integrated with the Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB)

Immediately responsive RSTA to the Division Commander

Two simultaneous payloads (EO/IR, Laser Designator, SAR, Communications Relay) and weapons

“Always on” Medium Communications Relay (SINCGARS, EPLRS)

Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL) & SATCOM Communications

Heavy Fuel Engine

Wing Span 56 Ft 3 in

Max GTOW 3,200 lbs w/growth to 3600 lbs

Range with Relay/SATCOM >300/1200 km

Max Airspeed 150 kts

Altitude >25,000 Ft

Endurance Up to 30 hours

Weapon Up to 4 Hellfire Missiles

Runway (Improved Surface) 4,500 ft max length required

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12 Unmanned

Aircraft

6 Control Stations

6 TCDL GDT

3 PGDT

3 SATCOM GDT

3 PGCS

6 B/U TALS

Additional Capabilities •Airframe

- 3,600 lb GTOW with 2.0l engine

- Designed for take-off and landing distance of 4,500 feet

•Near all weather capability

- Lightening Detection capability

- Wing De-icing capability allows flight through light icing

conditions

- 20 knot crosswind landing capability

•Redundant Avionics

- Redundant flight controls

- Triple-Redundant flight processors

- Redundant I/O & Power Bus

•Dual Automatic Take-off & Landing (ATLS)

- Differential GPS

- Back-up TALS (same as Shadow UAS system)

•Multiple hard points for weapons and external stores

- (4 x on wings, 1 x center lower fuselage)

•Multiple Payload Bays

- (2 x Forward Bays, 1 x Aft Bay)

Standard Equipment

Package

Comms Relay Package-Medium

•Single Channel Comms Relay

•Secure Digital Communications

SINCGARS (x2)

ARC-231 APX-118 IFF

Datalinks SATCOM & TCDL

• Ku Band SATCOM with

migration to Ka Band NLT FY13

• Increased LOS datalink range

over legacy C-band

• Increased bandwidth: TCDL

274 mbs / SATCOM 50 mbs

30” SATCOM TCDL Antennas

Payloads

EO/IR/LD SAR/GMTI

HD/TLA SIGINT WIN-T/JTRS

HELLFIRE

Missiles

• Up to 4 Hellfire Missiles

• Current: AGM-114P-4A and AGM-114N-4

• Future: Transition to AGM-114R & JAGM

Heavy Fuel

Engine • Diesel JP-8

• Reduced logistics due

due to common fuel

• 2.0 l Engine Provides:

- Increased climb rates

- Faster dash speeds

- Increased fuel efficiency

The System is much more than just an Aircraft

Gray Eagle System Characteristics

Transition plan for

WIN-T & SIGINT

Transition plan to

Ka SATCOM

Transition plan to

JAGM

Transition plan

to JTRS

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Gray Eagle Program Timeline

System Capabilities Fly-Off Mar 05

Apr 05

Aug 05

Oct/Dec 06

Jun 07

Feb 08

Mar 08

May 08

Jan 09

JROC Approved ORD

Contract Award

CDR/DRR

Capital A/C First Flight

QRC Directed Reqt.

Aircraft #1 First Flight

ACAT ID Designation

DAE Review

Capabilities:

Deployed/Integrated with the Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB)

Immediately responsive to the Division Commander

Two simultaneous payloads (EO/IR, Laser Designator, SAR, Communications Relay) and Weapons

“Always on” Medium Communications Relay (SINCGARS, EPLRS)

Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL) & SATCOM Communications

Heavy Fuel Engine (JP-8 Common Fuel)

Manned/Unmanned Teaming

First DoD Competitive

Acquisition for this

type of UAS

• Prototype equipment in real conditions

• Validation of key aspects of Phase I proposals

• Rigorous examination of the options

• Assured fair and thoroughly grounded selection

• Benchmark for Army and DoD UAS procurement

Legend: Completed Event Future Event

Apr 09

Aug 09

Operational Assessment #1

May 10

Sep 10

1QFY12

Limited User Test

QRC 2 Deployment

IOT&E

Full Rate Production

LRIP II DAB

2QFY12

Mar 11

Feb 10 Milestone C (LRIP I)

CPD Approval 24 Mar 09

QRC 1 Deployment

Rapid Acquisition & Deployment – supporting the Warfighter sooner…

3QFY11 First Unit Equipped

Milestones & Testing

Apr 05 MS B

Feb 10 MS C (LRIP I – 2 systems, FPIF Contract)

May 10 Limited User Test

Sep 10 QRC 2 Deployment

Mar 11 LRIP II IPR/DAB (29 aircraft & support equip)

1QFY12 IOT&E

2QFY12 FRP DAB (36 aircraft & support equip)

3QFY12 FOT&E I

3QFY13 FOT&E II

FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S

Task

Program Milestones

Contracting

Operational Test

Fielding Plan

Now

O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S

MS C/LRIP I LRIP II IPR FRP/DAB

LRIP I LRIP II FRP

LUT (SW 4.0.7) Log Demo/ISE

IOTE FOTE I AB3 IOTE

IOC

UASTB

QRC1 QRC2 FUE 2UE 3UE 5UE 6UE 4UE

Aircraft Procured w/Attrition 26 29 36 28 14 19 152 Total A/C

FOTE II

12-14 UE

MQ-1C Gray Eagle Schedule

Note: Units 1-7 (12 A/C) & Units 8-17 (4 A/C)

7UE 9-11UE

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8UE 15-17 UE

Developmental Test PPT 2

E3/RCS/IR Trans/Mob

Interoperability

Demo

PPT 3 (STARlite)

OTRR 1 OTRR 2 OTRR 3

Env

PPT 1 EDT

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Deployed Variants

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Block 0 – 24,000+ Flt Hrs

•10 Total Aircraft

– 2 x OIF-AEB – 2 x ELMO

– 2 x OIF-SOCOM – 4 x Production

•C-Band LOS

•SATCOM (Ku-Band) BLOS

•Manually flown

•EO/IR/LD (MTS-A)

•Heavy Fuel Engine (HFE)

•Government Owned Contractor Operated (GOCO)

•Meets KPP 2 & 5 (Multi-Payload & Propulsion)

Block 1 (QRC 1&2)–10,500+ Flt Hrs

•4 Aircraft per QRC

•TCDL & C-Band LOS

•SATCOM (Ku-Band) BLOS

•Automatic Takeoff and Landing (ATLS)

•EO/IR/LD (DAS-2)

•SAR/GMTI (Lynx II)

•Soldier Operated

•CLS Maintained

•4 x Hellfire

•Meets KPPS 2, 5, & 6 (Multi-Payload,

Propulsion, & Weapons Capable)

QRC1 QRC2

Block 1 PoR

•12 Aircraft per Company

•TCDL Ku-Band LOS

•SATCOM (Ku-Band) BLOS

•ATLS (Differential GPS & TALS)

•EO/IR/LD (CSP)

•SAR/GMTI (STARlite)

•Integrated BFT and AMPS

•Soldier Operated

•Soldier/FSR Maintained

•4 x Hellfire

•Meets all KPPs & KSAs (Net Ready, Multi-Payload, Sensor Capability, Sustainment, Propulsion, Weapons, Survivability)

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QRC 1 & 2

UAS Training Battalion

(Ft Huachuca)

Dugway Proving Ground

On-Going Activities Program of Record

• Recent LRIP II DAB for 2 Warfighting Systems

• Developmental Testing Software Development

Ground & Flight Test (El Mirage, CA)

Production Prove-Out Test 2 (May-Aug 11)

Interoperability Demo (Sep 11)

• Operational Testing

Customer Test (Apr 09)

LUT (May 10)

IOTE (1QFY12)

FOTE I (3QFY12)

FOTE II (3QFY13)

• OIF Deployment (Aug 09) 1st CAV/1st ID

• OEF Deployment (Sep 10) ARSOF

• Schoolhouse Stood-Up (Aug 09) • 2,000+ flight hours

• FUE Soldiers trained

• 2UE Soldier training underway

• Planning underway for facilities

and test activities System Level Testing – May 11

Developing plan for Acceptance Test

Procedures and DD250

Future Payload & Interoperability

Testing

“Our conventional modernization programs seek a 99% solution in years…

the wars we are in require 75% solutions in months” Hon Robert Gates,

Secretary of Defense, 6 Oct 08

Rapid Acquisition & Deployment – supporting the Warfighter sooner…

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One System Ground Control Station (OSGCS)

FMTV (5 ton) vehicle - Advantages • Stable configuration for mobility

• Will support armored cab within weight/CG margin

• Curbside door increases access/work surface

• Utilizes standard cargo bed configuration

• Increases weight growth margin

3rd Crew Station - Advantages • Identical AVO/MPO functionality on

each workstation

• Provides Redundancy & Flexibility

• Future Multiple Aircraft Flight Control

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OSGCS-V3

(UGCS)

Universal GCS (OSGCS-V3) Path Ahead

Why?

• Supports Interoperability & Commonality (Shadow & Gray Eagle)

• Improved Architecture

• Improved Reliability/Serviceability

• Addresses Obsolescence

• Common Training (Shadow & Gray Eagle)

How?

• Early development with Lab assets (FY10) at General Atomics

• First Prototypes delivered early calendar FY11

• Leveraging current Shadow testing

• Integration complete

• Flight testing (3QFY10 - 3QFY11)

• Passed Road/Rail testing (FY10)

• Env/E3 testing (FY11)

When?

• Focused development to meet 3rd Unit Equipped

• OSGCS-V3 included in LRIP II configuration

• Retrofit plan for 1st and 2nd Units Equipped

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Coverage

10 October 2007

LEGEND

Joint Info Exchange

Army Info Exchange

ERMP UAS Info Exchange

ERMP UAS Enabled Relay Exchange (WCP or CRP-M)

LandWarNet

Point of Presence (POP)

TACON Relationship

JTAC

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Extended Range Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aircraft System Increment 1- Operational Overview Diagram (OV-1)Combat Aviation Brigade ERMP UAS Company Supports Task-Organized Modular Force Division and Joint Task Force

Launch &

Recovery

Site

Battlefield

Surveillance Brigade

HQ

X

BfSB

X

Fires

Attack

(MUM)

SATCOM Relay

Net-Centric Information

Domain & Global

Information Grid

Net-Centric Information

Domain & Global

Information Grid

Air Data

Relay

JTFJTFJTF

JTF Marine

Component

JTF Air

Component

JTF Naval

Component

Coalition

Forces

Division HQ

Combat

Aviation BDE

HQ

X

Stryker

X

Heavy

ADAI

ERMP

NAVSTAR GPS

X

Infantry

LandWarNet

Gateway to

GIG

LandWarNet

Gateway to

GIG

Global ISR

Community

Of Interest

Global ISR

Community

Of Interest

X

CAB

SOF

SFSF

AWACS / JSTARS

Trojan Spirit

Trojan

Spirit

SOF

R

A2C2S

Apache

Block III

Recon/Surv(Armed)

Apache

Block III

Blue Force Tracker

GCS

ERMP

Company

HQ

Joint /CoalitionForces

GCS

GCS

GCS

C2 Support

(Comm. Relay)

GCS

Joint Tactical Information

Dissemination System

Link-16

Fires BDE HQ

JTAC

ASOC

TACP

JTAC

Security(MUM)

X

Coalition

X

MARFOR

Artillery

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Quick Reaction Capability (QRCs)

Capabilities • 22 / 7 OPTEMPO

• EO / IR / LD – SAR / GMTI

• Communication Relay

• ATLS

• Hellfire

1 x SATCOM GDT

1 x GA Legacy GCS

GFE, Spares,

CLS and

Training

Ground

Support

Equipment (Army) 2 x TCDL GDT

1 x C-Band GDT

4 x Pre-Production Aircraft w/ADT/ADR & C-band 4 x LYNX II 4 x DAS-2 4 x SADT

2 x TALS

2 x OSGCS w/GFE

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CL

III/V

Mess

Auto

Maint

Supply

FLT

OPS

MQ-1C Gray Eagle Company

1/11/116//128

Gray Eagle UAS

CO HQ

1/1/7// 9

0/2/38//40

HQ

LCH/RCVY

MAINT PLT

L/R/S PLT

L/R/S SEC

L/R/S PLT

SYS REPAIR SEC

(12) MQ-1C

0/5/37//42

HQ

FLT PLT

GRND

CONT

0/1/1// 2

0/4/36// 40

0/1/8// 9

0/1/5// 6

0/0/20// 20

HQ

0/3/4// 7

0/0/2// 2

0/0/17// 17

0/0/5// 5

0/0/6// 6

1/4/41//46

L/R/S PLT

SYS REPAIR SEC 0/0/5// 5

Current Gray Eagle Program

Ground Control Station

MQ-1C Gray Eagle

SATCOM Ground Data Terminal

Ground Data Terminal Tactical Automatic Landing System

Portable Ground Control Station

Portable Ground Data Terminal

Excludes 2 x ARSOF

Companies

(12 aircraft each)

Legend:

Baseline System

1 x Company

11 non-SOF Companies

Sustain 5 x deployed Companies 1:1.2 BOG/Dwell

45% of aircraft deployed

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New Gray Eagle Fielding Strategy Theater / Available Equipment Sets

3 x Modular Platoons/Company

Home Station Training / Dwell

Equipment Sets

Ground Control Station

MQ-1C Gray Eagle

SATCOM Ground Data Terminal

Ground Data Terminal Tactical Automatic Landing System

Portable Ground Control Station

Portable Ground Data Terminal

Excludes 2 x ARSOF

Companies

(12 aircraft each)

Legend:

10 x Companies equipped Home Station Training

Sustain 5 x deployed Companies 1:2.0 BOG/Dwell

60% of aircraft deployed

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The Future…

STARlite SAR/GMTI Integration

UGCS/UGDT Development & Integration

Multi-Aircraft OSGCS Operations

Apache Block III MUM Integration

TSP Integration

CSP HD-TLA Integration

WIN-T Integration

JTRS Integration

Ka SATCOM

Airworthiness Level II

VADER/TRACER SAR

JAGM & other potential Weapons

P3I Briefing 15 MAR 11

F M M J A S O N D J A J F M M J A S O N D J A J F M M J A S O N D J A J F M M J A S O N D J A J F M M J A S O N D J A J

F M M J A S O N D J A J F M M J A S O N D J A J F M M J A S O N D J A J F M M J A S O N D J A J F M M J A S O N D J A J

O N D

O N D

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4.2.0

STARLITE - F MUM Class C Ops - F CS 11-12 - F Automated ADR – F Hot/Wet Resin – F Class B Ops (IOP 2.0) - F Latency (IOP 2.0) - F TRICLOPS – F GCS/AV DLI Interface (CAT I/II) - F Network Arch (IOP 2.0) - F

GOCO& 2UE

Gray Eagle P3I Schedule

FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15

FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15

ER/MP Milestones

Army Capability

Sets

IOT&E FUE

2UE 3UE

5UE LRIP 2 FRP FOTE

4UE

CS 13-14

6UE 7UE 8/9/10UE 11/12/13UE 4.2.0

4.1.0

NET 4.3.0 NET

4.4.0 NET 4.5.0

NET 4.6.0

11 UE 1QFY17

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4.3.0 System Dev & Test

FY16

FY16

IOP3.0 Release

IOP 4.0 Release

IOP 2.0 Fielding IOP 3.0 Fielding

UGCS/UGDT HW (LOI 5) - F Audio (IOP 2.0) - F CS 13-14 - F CSP HD EO/IR - F BDRVT (IOP 2.0) - F SAV/KIA (IOP 2.0) – F BE-CDL - U

AB3

IOT&E

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4.4.0 System Dev & Test

Continuous Airworthiness Development - U

TNG DEV

TNG DEV

TNG DEV

CS 11-12 CS 15-16

TNG DEV TSP to QRC (EMD Integration)

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4.6.0 System Dev & Test

TRACER – U

CS 15-16 - F CSP HD/TLA - F Full IOP (3.0) - F JTRS AMF-SA – U

4.5.0 System Dev & Test

IOC 4.2.0

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4.7.0 System Dev & Test

VADER - U JAGM - F Full IOP 4.0 - F CS 17-18 - F

PM UAS Requirements

System Enhancement =

Interoperability Advancement =

Payload/Weapons Addition

=

F = Funded

U = Unfunded

P3I strategy predicated on contractor-based NET training until training is institutionalized.

IOP 2.0 Release

TSP - F HELLFIRE R – U Griffin – U WIN-T WCP – F Weapons IOP (UAI) - F QoS (IOP 2.0) - F GCS/AV DLI Interface (CAT III) - F 4m SAT/ Ka Band - U COA3 HW Set – U M-801 Launcher – F Integration only

Underline = Change from Aug 10 IBOD

WCP

LUT

14/15/16UE 17UE

Potential/Unallocated Items ATLS Wet Runway

Short field ATLS SATCOM ATLS Single AO/PO Crew station Global dGPS IFR Flight PGS (U788) Engine-Out ATLS

AHFE Improved Gray Eagle Add directional antenna Universal Payload Interface Universal Pod In-flight Runway Survey Portable Maint Aid (PMA) Reduced Footprint

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Summary

Take Aways:

LRIP I & II on contract

4 full-up Warfighting Systems

QRC 1 & 2 Deployed in OND/OEF

PM Focus

Successful IOTE (1QFY11)

Full Rate Production Contract (2QFY12)

Continue to support/sustain QRC’s

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