GA-ASI contracted for Gray Eagle support work
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has been awarded $29.3 million to deliver performance-based logistics support for the US Army’s MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle programme.
Work will be performed in Poway, California, with an estimated completion date of 4 September 2020.
FY19 army operations and maintenance funds of $6.5 million were allocated at the time of the award.
US Army Contracting Command based at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama is the contracting activity for the award.
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