The General Atomics Eaglet is a small, propeller-driven unmanned aircraft built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems as an air-launched effect, a low-cost and survivable drone meant to be carried by a larger aircraft and released near the threat. It was designed to be launched from the company's MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range or from the MQ-9 Reaper, and the company also describes launch from rotary-wing aircraft or ground vehicles. Its first flight took place on 8 December 2022 at the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah, launched from a Gray Eagle Extended Range, in a demonstration funded jointly by the company, the Army Research Laboratory and the Army Aviation and Missile Center. It fits the Army's large air-launched effect category for bigger sensors and payloads, and it is part of the company's Evolution Series of advanced concepts.
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a new survivable Air-Launched Effect (ALE) for the first time as part of a flight demonstration based out of the Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah, on Dec. 8, 2022.
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a new survivable Air-Launched Effect (ALE) for the first time as part of a flight demonstration based out of the Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah, on Dec. 8, 2022.
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Eaglet is intended to be a low-cost, survivable UAS with the versatility to be launched from a Gray Eagle, rotary-wing aircraft, or ground vehicles.
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a new survivable Air-Launched Effect (ALE) for the first time as part of a flight demonstration based out of the Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah, on Dec. 8, 2022.
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a new survivable Air-Launched Effect (ALE) for the first time as part of a flight demonstration based out of the Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah, on Dec. 8, 2022.
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a new survivable Air-Launched Effect (ALE) for the first time as part of a flight demonstration based out of the Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah, on Dec. 8, 2022.
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Eaglet is intended to be a low-cost, survivable UAS with the versatility to be launched from a Gray Eagle, rotary-wing aircraft, or ground vehicles.
View the Source2. The War Zone: Eaglet Air-Launched Drone Aims To Help Its Mothership Survive In Army Tests
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can fly at a maximum airspeed of 115 knots
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