Design and configuration
A long straight wing, rear pusher propeller and inverted-V tail support efficient endurance flight. It is a runway aircraft rather than a hand-launched small drone.1
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The MQ-1C Gray Eagle is an Army-operated development of the Predator concept. It supports persistent observation, communications and an optional armed mission configuration.
United StatesA photo of the US Army's new MQ-1C Warrior UAV Historical equipment reference photograph. It does not establish current availability or every detail of the named variant.
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United States
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
In service
United States Army
204
c. 2004 – present
2009
October 2004
General Atomics MQ-1 Predator
General Atomics Mojave
Unmanned
360 kg (800 lb)
28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)
56 ft 0 in (17 m)
6 ft 11 in (2.1 m)
3,600 lb (1,633 kg)
1 × Thielert Centurion 1.7 Heavy-Fuel Engine , 165 hp (123 kW)
167 kn (192 mph, 309 km/h)
25 hours
29,000 ft (8,839.2 m)
4
United States
4 × AGM-114 Hellfire or 8 × AIM-92 Stinger
The Warrior is powered by a heavy fuel engine (HFE) for higher performance, better fuel efficiency, and a longer lifetime. Its specifications include the following: Length: 28 feet Wingspan: 54 feet Gross take off weight: 3,000+ pounds Maximum speed: 130 kts. Ceiling: 25,000 feet Range: 300 kilometers Endurance: 24 hours with a 250-pound payload
The Warrior is powered by a heavy fuel engine (HFE) for higher performance, better fuel efficiency, and a longer lifetime. Its specifications include the following: Length: 28 feet Wingspan: 54 feet Gross take off weight: 3,000+ pounds Maximum speed: 130 kts. Ceiling: 25,000 feet Range: 300 kilometers Endurance: 24 hours with a 250-pound payload
The Warrior is powered by a heavy fuel engine (HFE) for higher performance, better fuel efficiency, and a longer lifetime. Its specifications include the following: Length: 28 feet Wingspan: 54 feet Gross take off weight: 3,000+ pounds Maximum speed: 130 kts. Ceiling: 25,000 feet Range: 300 kilometers Endurance: 24 hours with a 250-pound payload
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The system in detail
A long straight wing, rear pusher propeller and inverted-V tail support efficient endurance flight. It is a runway aircraft rather than a hand-launched small drone.1
GA-ASI lists electro-optical sensing, radar and communications-relay payloads. Internal and external payload allowances are distinct; installed sensors compete with other carried equipment.1
These figures describe the baseline Gray Eagle reference. Extended Range and later Gray Eagle 25M aircraft should not inherit the same fuel and performance values.1
Endurance depends on load and flight conditions. Control-link reach and aircraft flight range are different quantities and should be shown separately.1
The Warrior is powered by a heavy fuel engine (HFE) for higher performance, better fuel efficiency, and a longer lifetime. Its specifications include the following: Length: 28 feet Wingspan: 54 feet Gross take off weight: 3,000+ pounds Maximum speed: 130 kts. Ceiling: 25,000 feet Range: 300 kilometers Endurance: 24 hours with a 250-pound payload
The Warrior is powered by a heavy fuel engine (HFE) for higher performance, better fuel efficiency, and a longer lifetime. Its specifications include the following: Length: 28 feet Wingspan: 54 feet Gross take off weight: 3,000+ pounds Maximum speed: 130 kts. Ceiling: 25,000 feet Range: 300 kilometers Endurance: 24 hours with a 250-pound payload
The Warrior is powered by a heavy fuel engine (HFE) for higher performance, better fuel efficiency, and a longer lifetime. Its specifications include the following: Length: 28 feet Wingspan: 54 feet Gross take off weight: 3,000+ pounds Maximum speed: 130 kts. Ceiling: 25,000 feet Range: 300 kilometers Endurance: 24 hours with a 250-pound payload
The Warrior is powered by a heavy fuel engine (HFE) for higher performance, better fuel efficiency, and a longer lifetime. Its specifications include the following: Length: 28 feet Wingspan: 54 feet Gross take off weight: 3,000+ pounds Maximum speed: 130 kts. Ceiling: 25,000 feet Range: 300 kilometers Endurance: 24 hours with a 250-pound payload
MQ-1C Gray Eagle equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
United StatesUS Army exact named equipment holdings: MQ-1C Gray Eagle. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLES / Heavy. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
US Army Special Operations Command exact named equipment holdings: MQ-1C Gray Eagle. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLES / Heavy. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
US Army exact named equipment holdings of MQ-1C Gray Eagle. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLES / Heavy. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. Literal epsilon denotes an IISS estimate rather than an exact census.