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Navy/USMC

Boeing Wins $47 Million Contract To Start First MQ-25 LRIP

Friday, September 30th, 2022

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Boeing Wins $47 Million Contract To Start First MQ-25 LRIP

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)

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Boeing [BA] a $47 million advance acquisition contract on Sept. 28 to prepare to build and deliver the low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot 1 MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based unmanned tanker aircraft. Work for this award will largely be split among facilities in Torrance, Calif. (36 percent); McKinney, Texas (19 percent); and St. Louis, Mo. (15 percent) and is expected to be finished by September 2026. The contract is funded via fiscal year 2022 Navy…

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