Gray Eagle UAS to embark on inaugural home base flight
FORT RILEY, Kan. – Soldiers assigned to the Big Red One’s aviation brigade will take the final step in becoming the most modern aviation unit in the Army when they launch the Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial System for its inaugural flight out of Fort Riley next week.
Company F, 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division is scheduled to launch the Gray Eagle Oct. 10 at Marshall Army Airfield.
Although the 1st Inf. Div. is the second unit to receive the Gray Eagle, it will be the first to fly it from a home base in the United States.
Some of the capabilities the Gray Eagle will bring to the battlefield include longer reconnaissance time, weapon targeting of ground targets, and the ability to control the UAS from the Army’s new AH-64 Apache Block III.
