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Boeing Wins Navy MQ-25 Unmanned Tanker Competition

Thursday, August 30th, 2018

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Boeing Wins Navy MQ-25 Unmanned Tanker Competition

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The Navy on Thursday selected Boeing [BA] over teams led by General Atomics and Lockheed Martin [LMT] to develop and build the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial tanker in a contract worth $805 million.The Stingray program will primarily be used for Navy aerial refueling, based off aircraft carriers. It may potentially extend a carrier’s air wing’s range by 300-400 more miles. It also has a secondary use with limited intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.Last September a Government Accountability Office (GAO)…

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