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GRAY EAGLE MODIFICATIONS
Budget figures
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USAspending reports awards on a rolling basis, and this corpus runs through 2026-09-04. why partial FY2026 data? →
Budget trajectory
Insufficient trajectory data for sparkline (only FY26 available).
Decade view
P-1/R-1 workbook TOA basis, shown compact in $B/$M (the workbook records USD thousands); each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY26 |
|---|---|
| Request | $12.4M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
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
Description — GRAY EAGLE MODIFICATIONS
Gray Eagle Modifications (Agile) is a part of the Department of Defense Capability Based (Agile) Funding pilot, which provides enhanced capabilities by fostering innovation and accelerated deployment of promising technology. This funding is a realignment from: Gray Eagle Mods2 (AA6601) The MQ-1C Gray Eagle provides the Army with an Extended Range, Multi-Purpose (ERMP) Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) in Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) capable of executing reconnaissance, security, attack, and intelligence collection missions in 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 long range, deep sense/attack with standoff. The MQ-1C Gray Eagle Modification/Product Improvement Program (PIP) funding is required to address obsolescence while maintaining a MDO-ready capability. This effort involves the procurement of expeditionary ground equipment (control stations), datalinks (new single/multi-band satellite communication & line of sight terminals), avionics (increased processing power, M-Code navigators), payloads, and aircraft systems (Modernized Extended Range) in a Modular Open System Architecture (MOSA) supported by partitioned flight/mission software. Funding supports multi-phased procurement and integration efforts of hardware enabling and software components in support of Army Assured-Positioning Navigation and Timing (A-PNT) requirements to allow the MQ-1C Gray Eagle to survive, persist, and operate effectively in GPS denied environments resulting in the fielding of M-Code navigators as required by Public Law 111-383. Procurement of new engine propulsion systems is necessary to maintain operational readiness for the enduring MQ-1C Gray Eagle fleet and provides the -25M Weapon Systems with a viable propulsion system. In accordance with Section 1815 of the FY 2008 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 110-181), this item is necessary for use by the active and reserve components of the Armed Forces for homeland defense missions, domestic emergency responses, and providing defense support to civil authorities.
Justification
Justification — GRAY EAGLE MODIFICATIONS
FY 2026 Base Procurement dollars supports the procurement of Heavy Fuel Engines 2.0 (HFE 2.0). Procurement of new engine propulsion systems is necessary to maintain operational readiness for the enduring MQ-1C Gray Eagle fleet and provides the -25M Weapon Systems with a viable propulsion system. The MQ-1C Gray Eagle Modification/Product Improvement Program (PIP) funding is required for HFE 2.0, datalinks and avionics modernization. The HFE 2.0 propulsion system provides the avenue for staving off the potential grounding of the enduring MQ-1C fleet due to the necessary end-of-life replacement for the propulsion system. Current engine inventory will be depleted in the near term, and without additional funding to support new engine procurement, the enduring fleet will face diminished readiness and grounding and will be unable to support direct operational missions. The HFE 2.0 also provides for increased endurance to support the advanced sensor payloads capabilities, further enhancing the platform's operational reach. Datalinks and avionics modernization involves the procurement of new hardware for satellite communications for ground and air vehicle equipment, new air vehicle avionics, and system re-architecture through the partitioning and updating of software to allow for the separation of critical and non-critical functions. This modernization effort enables the procurement of multi-band communication equipment for beyond line of sight data transmission and replacement of obsolete processors, which will improve system processing and increase throughput and memory capability. PIP funding also supports multi-phased integration and procurement efforts of hardware enabling and software components in support of Army Assured-Positioning Navigation and Timing (A-PNT) requirements to allow the MQ-1C Gray Eagle to survive, persist, and operate effectively in GPS denied environments. This effort fully integrates Link-16, increases operational reach, and meets objectives all while reducing cognitive burden for the Soldier. These upgrades improve operations in contested environments, address obsolescence, and establish an architecture that enables integration of future payloads to support Multi-Domain Operations. Gray Eagle Modification is part of the Army Transformation Initiative.
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft Procurement, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $12.4M |
| Aircraft Procurement, Army | A | FY26 Total | $12.4M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
J-book detail basis (R-2/P-40, USD millions) · PB2026 — a different accounting basis from the P-1/R-1 workbook TOA above; where the two disagree, the reconciliation strip under Budget figures shows both.
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| Project | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $12.4M | $12.4M |
Follow the dollar
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 312 of 1,938 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Related awards
Award linkage is shown for 32 of 200 profiled companies — high- and medium-confidence USAspending matches, each row labeled; medium is the weaker evidence. why partial award coverage? →
Rows marked medium rest on evidence weaker than a program-level match, and of more than one kind. An account-based row, where the award drew from the same appropriation account as this program, is an association, not evidence that this program paid for the contract. Where the evidence is instead an FPDS acquisition-program tag or a subaward description, the program is established but which of its budget lines paid is not. An announcement link a recorded review did not leave standing is medium too. Only high rows rest on the contract naming this program with a recorded review upholding it and no recorded rejection or refutation applying.
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. | W58RGZ19C0027 | medium |
| GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. | W58RGZ19F0438 | medium |
| GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. | W58RGZ20F0523 | medium |
Contractor concentration
No concentration index is published for this line. This line's high-confidence links do not clear the floor for a published concentration index — at least 3 awards across 2 contractor families holding positive obligations, with positive net linked dollars. An index below that floor is a fact about the sample, not about the market. Whatever further links this line carries are medium-confidence, and what each medium evidence path does and does not establish is set out in the methodology. Both bases are in the downloadable warehouse.
Lobbying mentions
No Senate LDA lobbying filing in the tracked data mentions this program element by code or alias.
Oversight
Department-level designation (not specific to this program)
GAO lists 5 high-risk areas for DOD as a whole. That designation covers the department, not GRAY EAGLE MODIFICATIONS. No program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
Program dossier
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,938 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →
Primary sources
Open any budget figure for its exact receipt. Verified line items lead with the highlighted government PDF; original spreadsheets download with their budget edition and exhibit in the filename.
Budget totals · TOA sources
FY2026 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · W48
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
Detailed budget justification
The related TOA spreadsheets above use a different accounting basis from R-2/P-40 detail. Their amounts are not assumed to match these detailed sources.
Aircraft Procurement Army · www.asafm.army.mil
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