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Navy/USMC

Air Boss: Unmanned MQ-25 Will Fly This Year, Opens Way To 6th Gen Collaborative Combat Aircraft

Tuesday, January 28th, 2025

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Air Boss: Unmanned MQ-25 Will Fly This Year, Opens Way To 6th Gen Collaborative Combat Aircraft

The Boeing MQ-25A T-1 test asset conducts the first refueling between an unmanned aircraft and a manned F/A-18E/F Super Hornet on June 4, 2021. (Photo: Boeing)

SAN DIEGO – The Navy Air Boss Tuesday confirmed the first MQ-25A Stingray aircraft carrier-based unmanned tanker aircraft will start test flying later this year, a necessary step to getting to future manned-unmanned teaming systems. “We will fly MQ-25 in ‘25. You can quote me on that, we will fly that platform in ‘25 and get that thing on the carrier in ‘26 and start integrating that thing. That unlocks the future of manned-unmanned teaming, which is number two in…

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