The U.S. Army needs a family of lightweight, longer-range precision munitions to fire from its fleet of unmanned aerial systems and attack helicopters, said Maj. Gen. Frank Tate, director of Army Aviation, G-3/5/7, during the 2018 Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit in Nashville.
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| UAS like the MQ-1C Gray Eagle should carry more and lighter missiles than the heavy AGM-114 Hellfire. Illustrated here: Company B, 229 UAS supports OIR (Photo: Capt. Briana McFarland, 449th Theater Aviation Brigade) |