US Navy Controls MQ-25A Refueling Drone From over 2,100 Miles Away

Aircraft Carrier Sailing in the Pacific Takes Control of Refuelling Drone 2K Miles Away in Illinois

About a month ago, in mid-September, the U.S. Navy announced it has decided to give the Boeing-made MQ-25A Stingray drone the role of an uncrewed aerial refuelling tanker, the first time in the history of the world that such an aircraft is used in such a capacity. And it didn’t take long for the military branch to give us a taste of how that decision could reshape the future of naval aviation operations. The (continue reading...)

US Navy controls MQ-25A refueling drone from over 2,100 miles away

The US Navy established a satellite control link with an MQ-25A refueling drone more than 2,100 miles from a carrier.

MQ-25A Stingray Remotely Controlled from USS Ronald Reagan

The test validated hardware and software in the carrier-based MD-5C Ground Control Station, marking another step toward integrating unmanned aerial refueling into carrier operations. For the first time, an MQ-25A Stingray unmanned refueling aircraft was controlled through a Ground Control Station (GCS) aboard the U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), marking a […]

MQ-25A Remotely Controlled By At-Sea Aircraft Carrier Control Station - Seapower Magazine

PORTFOLIO ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE AVIATION, Patuxent River, Md. — In a historic U.S. naval aviation event, an aircraft carrier connected to, and controlled, an unmanned aerial refueler MQ-25A Stingray more than 2,100 miles away.  During a Preliminary Sea Trial aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), the ship’s Unmanned...