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NAVAIR Head Warns First MQ-25 Flight This Year Still Requires “A Ton Of Work”

Thursday, April 10th, 2025

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NAVAIR Head Warns First MQ-25 Flight This Year Still Requires “A Ton Of Work”

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)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The commander of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) this week warned a lot of work is still required with the new MQ-25 Stingray unmanned carrier-based tanker aircraft in order to conduct a first test flight as planned this year. “There's a lot of confidence in MQ-25 in ‘25. There is a ton of work to get MQ-25 in ‘25…There's a lot of work right now. A lot of tough discussions are going to have to happen…

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