Exclusive new photos of Boeing’s tanker drone: pic.twitter.com/wTwLA5REy2— Defense News (@defense_news) March 13, 2018
Happy New Year, @USNavy! Our #MQ25 proposal is in, and we’re heading back to the ramp with our #UAS tanker - robust and ready to extend your flight range! #BoeingMQ25 pic.twitter.com/KQoVt6yapo— Boeing Defense (@BoeingDefense) January 3, 2018
The Warzone/The Drive: We Finally See The Wings On Boeing's MQ-25 Drone As Details About Its Genesis Emerge
As we suspected, it was designed years ago for a more ambitious program and has since been adapted to meet the Navy's carrier-based tanker needs.
We are finally getting our first detailed glimpse of Boeing's MQ-25 "Stingray" drone in its entirety, including a view of its very slender wings. At the same time new information on the aircraft's past has to light, as well as a clearer idea of what Boeing has in store for its bobsled-shaped unmanned tanker.
Our good friend James Drew over at Aviation Week posted a story that included new details and new pictures of Boeing's MQ-25 entrant. According to Drew, Boeing's Phantom Works had painted a large piece of tarmac at Lambert Field in St. Louis in the outline of an aircraft carrier's deck, and have been executing mock shipboard suitability and deck handling tests, both during day and night.
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WNU Editor: I expected it to be bigger.
1 comment:
Me too, but the main is to be stealthy. The current tankers are very visible and are easy target. With a stealth tanker that's an other story. We just need much more tankers.
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