U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray Unmanned Tanker Completes Second Test Flight

U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray Unmanned Tanker Completes Second Test Flight

The MQ-25 Stingray resumed testing with its second flight, in anticipation of the expansion of the flight envelope and validation of the autonomous flight control code ahead of carrier operations. The U.S. Navy’s production-representative MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial refueller conducted its second flight test, Boeing announced on Jun. 10, 2026. This comes well over two months after the first flight on Apr. 25, 2026 from MidAmerica St. Louis A…

US Navy's MQ-25A Stingray refueling drone passes second flight test

Boeing announced that the U.S. Navy’s first MQ-25A Stingray successfully completed its second test flight, reaching another step in developing the Navy’s carrier-based unmanned refueling aircraft. This recent flight, announced this week, confirmed the drone’s flight controls and performance as the program moves closer to carrier use. The test was carried out by Boeing, and the U.S. Navy Air Vehicle Pilots ran the test from the Unmanned Carrier A…

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The U.S. Navy’s first MQ-25A Stingray successfully completed its second test flight. Boeing and U.S. Navy Air Vehicle Pilots facilitated the flight by sending the aircraft commands from the Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System MD-5 Ground Control Station at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport. The aircraft received the commands and autonomously managed the propulsion, subsystems, guidance and flight controls necessary to achieve both landi…