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Geurts: MQ-25 Progressing, Moving To EMD Production Soon

Thursday, July 30th, 2020

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Geurts: MQ-25 Progressing, Moving To EMD Production Soon

Boeing and the U.S. Navy conduct the first test flight of the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueler test asset, T-1 on Sept. 19, 2019. (Photo: Boeing)

The Navy’s top acquisition official expressed confidence in the Boeing [BA] MQ-25A Stingray unmanned carrier tanker program after a recent visit to the test asset, noting production of the first units will start soon. Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition James Geurts told reporters during a press call today that he visited the MQ-25 team and the test vehicle, T-1, during a visit to St. Louis on July 28. “I got to go see the MQ-25…

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