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Lockheed Martin’s MQ-25 Has No Prototype, But An F-18 Engine

Tuesday, April 10th, 2018

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Lockheed Martin’s MQ-25 Has No Prototype, But An F-18 Engine

Rendering of Lockheed Martin's MQ-25 refueling an F-35C. (Artist's concept: Lockheed Martin).

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Lockheed Martin [LMT] revealed Monday its MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based unmanned tanker offering does not have a completed prototype and will use the General Electric [GE] F404 engine.Rob Weiss, who recently resigned as vice president and general manager of the company’s Skunk Works development division, told reporters that their Stingray is “purpose-built” rather than derivative of other designs. Weiss argued those kinds of derivations generally leave the other models compromised.Weiss was speaking here at a company press…

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