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Fiscal Receipts

MQ-1 Gray Eagle UAV

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What it is
MQ-1 Gray Eagle UAV — a research & development program run by Army.
What changed
-$3.24M FY25→26
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$6.63M
FY25 Total
$6.68M
FY26 Request
$3.44M
FY25→26 Change
-$3.24M

FY2026 award data is a partial year — USASpending awards are reported on a rolling basis and the fiscal year does not close until September 30. why partial FY2026 data? →

Budget Trajectory
FY24: $6.63MFY25: $6.68MFY26: $3.44MFY24FY25FY26
FY24
$6.63M
FY25
$6.68M
FY26
$3.44M
Decade view — each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
FY2015 actuals — PB2017 editionFY2016 actuals — PB2018 editionFY2017 actuals — PB2019 editionFY2018 actuals — PB2020 editionFY2019 actuals — PB2021 editionFY2020 actuals — PB2022 editionFY2022 actuals — PB2024 editionFY2024 actuals — PB2026 editionFY2016 enacted — PB2017 editionFY2017 enacted — PB2018 editionFY2018 enacted — PB2019 editionFY2019 enacted — PB2020 editionFY2020 enacted — PB2021 editionFY2021 enacted — PB2022 editionFY2023 enacted — PB2024 editionFY2024 enacted — PB2025 editionFY2025 enacted — PB2026 editionFY2017 request — PB2017 editionFY2018 request — PB2018 editionFY2019 request — PB2019 editionFY2020 request — PB2020 editionFY2021 request — PB2021 editionFY2022 request — PB2022 editionFY2024 request — PB2024 editionFY2025 request — PB2025 editionFY2026 request — PB2026 editionFY15FY26

● actuals (line)  ·  ○ enacted  ·  ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.

SeriesFY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Actuals$46.5M$22.3M$13.5M$10.5M$0$5.00M$0$6.63M
Enacted$0$31.0M$9.57M$0$5.00M$0$0$6.63M$6.68M
Request$13.5M$9.57M$0$0$0$0$6.63M$6.68M$3.44M

blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.

Asked vs spent: the PB2020 book requested $0 for FY2020; the PB2022 book reports $5.00M actually spent — $5.00M above the request.

Program Lineage

No predecessor/successor lineage was recorded for this program element — no FY-to-FY transfer into or out of this line was stated in the ingested J-books, and none was inferred from the program structure.

Description

Mission MQ-1 Gray Eagle UAV

The MQ-1C Gray Eagle provides the Army with an Extended Range, Multi-Purpose (ERMP) Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS); capable of executing reconnaissance, security, attack, and intelligence collection missions in the Range of Military Operations (ROMO). Sensors/payloads include an Electro-Optical/Infrared/Laser Designator (EO/IR/LD), Synthetic Aperture Radar/Moving Target Indicator (SAR/MTI), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and HELLFIRE missiles; providing a near all-weather mission capability. MQ-1C Gray Eagle is a dedicated, assured, multi-mission UAS, fielded to Active Components, Intelligence and Security Command and Army Special Operations Command in support of the commander's warfighting priorities within Multi-Domain Operations.

Mission MQ-1C Gray Eagle Modifications

The MQ-1C Gray Eagle provides the Army with an Extended Range, Multi-Purpose (ERMP) Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS); capable of executing reconnaissance, security, attack, and intelligence collection missions in the Range of Military Operations (ROMO). Sensors/payloads include an Electro-Optical/Infrared/Laser Designator (EO/IR/LD), Synthetic Aperture Radar/Moving Target Indicator (SAR/MTI), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and HELLFIRE missiles; providing a near all-weather mission capability. MQ-1C Gray Eagle is a dedicated, assured, multi-mission UAS, fielded to Active Components, Intelligence and Security Command and Army Special Operations Command in support of the commander's warfighting priorities within Multi-Domain Operations.

Justification

No accomplishments or planned-program narratives in this line's J-book detail — some exhibits carry figures without per-project prose.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY24 Actuals$6.63M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY25 Enacted$6.68M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY25 Total$6.68M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Disc. Request$3.44M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Total$3.44M

Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)

ProjectFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
Program Element$6.63M$6.68M$3.44M$3.44M
MQ2: MQ-1C Gray Eagle Modifications$6.63M$6.68M$3.44M$3.44M

No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 17 of 1741 programs). why coverage is partial? →

Awards

No awards are linked to this program element at high confidence — the budget→award crosswalk only asserts links it can defend, and this line has none yet.

Lobbying Mentions

No Senate LDA lobbying filing in the tracked data mentions this program element by code or alias.

No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1741 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →