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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
AAAA Cribbins45th Aviation Product Symposium
Mr. Don CattellVice President, Army Programs
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
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• Provide cost-effective and flexible Performance Based Logistics capability to support the Soldier in the field
• Continue to improve reliability of the system
• Cooperative IR&D investment strategy to develop and field new capabilities that are in concert with operational needs
Readiness While Modernizing the Force
• Must have “ALL-IN” attitude from Executive Leadership to all employees to address Warfighter needs
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F/160E/2
AEB2D/25 FWD D/25 FWD
D/82 D/82AEB1 AEB1 AEB1 AEB1B/15 B/15 B/15 B/15
D/25 D/25 D/25 D/25 D/25 D/25B/224 B/224 B/224 B/224 B/224 B/224 B/224
B/101 B/101 B/101 B/101 B/101 B/101 B/101 B/101B/229 B/229 B/229 B/229 B/229 B/229 B/229 B/229 B/229
D/10 D/10 D/10 D/10 D/10 D/10 D/10 D/10 D/10 D/10E/160 E/160 E/160 E/160 E/160 E/160 E/160 E/160 E/160 E/160 E/160
E/3 E/3 E/3 E/3 E/3 E/3 E/3 E/3 E/3 E/3 E/3 E/3E/227 E/227 E/227 E/227 E/227 E/227 E/227 E/227 E/227 E/227 E/227 F/4 F/4
F/1 F/1 F/1 F/1 F/1 F/1 F/1 F/1 F/1 F/1 F/1 F/1 F/1 F/1F/227 F/227 F/227 F/227 F/227 F/227 F/227 F/227 F/227 F/227 F/227 F/227 F/227 F/227 F/227
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Effective Logistics Support to Warfighter
3 Units5.2k
4 Units20.5k
8 Units78k
10 Units116k
13 Units159k
6 Units41k
15 Units204k
Flight Hour Growth
17 Units299k
19 Units 384k
PBL17
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Cumulative units & Flight Hours
PBL17
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Modernization Through Industry Teaming
Increased Endurance: 40% more fuel capacity More Growth Capability: 47% more avionics & 11%+ more payload Improved Maintainability: Increased accessibility to LRUs Enhanced Airworthiness Design: Composite structures improvements
Key Areas of Future Focus• Supervised Automation
Reduce workload and manpower while improving warfighter efficiency and effectiveness
• Survivability Capabilities to operate in Near-Peer, Multi-domain combat
• Expeditionary Reduce operational footprint and enable quick set-up and launch capability
• Block Upgrade Approach to consolidate capabilities in single upgrade to minimize field impact and obtain cost efficiency
Trailing Arm Main Landing Gear
Increased Stiffness
Wing Structural ImprovementsMeets ETW Requirements
Additional Maintainer Access
Improved Navigation Performance2 EGIs, 1 Athena
Lightweight Cabling Indexed Routing
Locations
Fault Tolerant Tails Brushless Smart Servos
10k hr TBO
HFE180 EngineImprovements
Redesigned Engine Cooling System
New Strobe Lights and Beacon
DRHPInstallation Time
Improvement
Improved Engine Bay Access
Individually Packaged Fuel
System Components
Company Funded Development, 6 years
Gray Eagle – Extended RangeImproved mission capability to 14+ hours on station at 1,000 KM
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• Supporting the Warfighter remains our top priority
• Gray Eagle is an effective and proven warfighter asset – GA-ASI invests internal dollars raising readiness and reliability
• GA-ASI envisions and develops innovative capabilities through ECPs, rapidly meeting Warfighter demands such as Gray Eagle ER
• MQ-1C ER will conduct FOTE II in FY 18 and will be fielded to SOCOM and INSCOM units
Summary