Navy Clears MQ-25 Stingray for Initial Production Phase Written 20 May 2026
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An unmanned Boeing MQ-25 T1 Stingray test aircraft refuels a manned F-35 Lightning II | Credit: United States Navy photo courtesy of Boeing; Wikipedia; Public Domain
Defense One reports, “The Navy’s drone tanker, the MQ-25A Stingray, is cleared for low-rate initial production—just weeks after a production-ready model took its first flight. “MQ-25 reached Milestone C, which is huge because now we have inflight refueling that is unmanned…it’s a great capability,” Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said at the end of an hourslong Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday.”
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