
In the U.S. Navy's second unmanned tanking flight since June using the Boeing [BA] MQ-25A T1 test aircraft, the latter refueled a Northrop Grumman [NOC] E-2D Advanced Hawkeye on Aug. 18 at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., the service and Boeing said on Aug. 19. “Once operational, the MQ-25 will refuel every receiver-capable platform including E-2,” Navy Capt. Chad Reed, the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation (PMA-268) program manager, said in an Aug. 19 statement. “This flight keeps us on a…