Boeing Says U.S. Navy’s First MQ-25A Stingray Completes Second Test Flight as Unmanned Refueler Moves Toward Carrier Operations
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In the world of military aviation, aerial refueling is considered one of the most complex and dangerous maneuvers a machine can perform: transferring fuel from plane to plane while flying in the open sky, then landing precisely on an aircraft carrier in the middle of the ocean. Now, the U.S. Navy has made history when the first operational MQ-25A Stingray completed its maiden flight, performing this complex mission without a human pilot in the c…
Boeing says U.S. Navy’s first MQ-25A Stingray completes second test flight as unmanned refueler moves toward carrier operations
The flight was facilitated by Boeing and U.S. Navy Air Vehicle Pilots. They sent commands to the aircraft from the Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System MD-5 Ground Control Station at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport. The MQ-25A received the commands and autonomously managed the propulsion, subsystems, guidance and flight controls needed to complete the mission plan. Boeing said the aircraft achieved both landing gear up and landing gear …
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