US Army researches running the MQ-1C Gray Eagle on ‘any type of fuel’

General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range

Source: US Army

The US Army Research Laboratory awarded the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign an $8 million, four-year contract to help develop new diesel-engine ignition technologies intended to allow unmanned air vehicles, including General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagles, to run on “any type of fuel”.

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