GA-ASI's Improved Gray Eagle Flies Over 45 Hours Non-Stop

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems, today announced the successful completion of the first of two planned U.S. Army endurance demonstration flights with its Improved Gray Eagle® (IGE) aircraft.

IGE, a next-generation derivative of the combat-proven Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), lifted off from GA-ASI's El Mirage Flight Operations Facility in Adelanto, Calif., at 6:56 a.m. on October 11th and landed 45.3 hours later at 4:16 a.m. on October 13th.

"This first endurance flight is a significant accomplishment for Improved Gray Eagle as it demonstrates the aircraft's game-changing potential for saving the lives of Army Soldiers abroad by providing extended surveillance coverage, along with the ability to self-transit to other remote distant locations," said Frank W. Pace, president, Aircraft Systems Group, GA-ASI.

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