House, Senate lawmakers concerned with temporary halt, lack of funding for Army's MQ-1 Gray Eagle

By Jaspreet Gill / July 2, 2020 at 3:17 PM
House and Senate lawmakers are pushing to fund the Army's MQ-1 Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system after concerns that a temporary halt to the program will result in increased costs and requirement delays. The Army's fiscal year 2021 budget request shows a zeroed-out procurement funding request for the MQ-1 aircraft. President Trump's budget rollout last year forecasted $54 million to procure six of the General Atomics-made extended range variants (GE-ER) of the aircraft for the active and reserve components in...

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