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MQ-25 Finishes Non-Flight Carrier Demo Tests

Monday, December 20th, 2021

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MQ-25 Finishes Non-Flight Carrier Demo Tests

The MQ-25 Stingray test asset, T-1, conducts deck handling maneuvers on Dec. 12, 2021 while underway aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), the first testing of the MQ-25 model at sea. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy successfully controlled the unmanned MQ-25A Stingray tanker aircraft on an aircraft carrier for the first time in non-flight deck handling demonstration tests aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), the Navy said Dec. 20. Th Navy and aircraft builder Boeing [BA] have been conducting tests for the MQ-25 with the company's test asset, T-1, ahead of production of the first aircraft. The T-1 arrived on the carrier on Nov. 30 to be tested with the ground…

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