The Boeing MQ-25 Stingray is an aerial refueling drone that resulted from the Carrier-Based Aerial-Refueling System (CBARS) program, which grew out of the earlier Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) program. The MQ-25 first flew on 19 September 2019.

Boeing is bringing the future of unmanned aircraft carrier aviation to the U.S. Navy with the MQ-25. An unmanned aircraft system designed for the U.S. Navy mission, it will provide the needed robust refueling capability, thereby extending the combat range of deployed Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, Boeing EA-18G Growler, and Lockheed Martin F-35C ...

Jan 29, 2025 · The first low-rate production version of Boeing’s MQ-25A Stingray will do its first flight tests aboard a carrier in 2026, Vice Adm. Daniel Cheever, the commander of Naval Air Forces, said this week at the WEST 2025 conference …

The MQ-25 will enhance carrier capability and versatility for the Joint Forces Commander through rapid development, delivery, and integration of an effective, affordable, sustainable and...

Apr 4, 2023 · The MQ-25A Stingray, the first major unmanned aerial vehicle to deploy on U.S. aircraft carriers, will serve as an aerial refueling tanker on a carrier starting in 2026, Rear Adm. Stephen Tedford, program executive officer, Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons said during a presentation at the Navy League Sea Air and Space symposium.

Jan 29, 2025 · Boeing delivered in early 2024 the first MQ-25 Stingray to the U.S. Navy for testing, with the unmanned aircraft planned to undergo a rigorous airframe integrity evaluation, hinting at it...

Feb 3, 2022 · The MQ-25™ Stingray will be the world’s first operational, carrier-based unmanned aircraft and provide aerial refueling and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities ...

The MQ-25 will enhance carrier capability and versatility for the Joint Forces Commander through rapid development, delivery, and integration of an effective, affordable, sustainable and...

The MQ-25 CBUAS is composed of the MQ-25A Stingray air vehicle, an Acquisition Category IB program; the MD-5 UMCS, an Acquisition Category II program; and additional systems, capabilities, and facilities needed to enable operations. The MQ-25 will be the first operational, carrier-based, fixed-wing, catapult-launched UAS. The MQ-25 MS B TEMP called

Oct 1, 2019 · The U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray drone flew for the first time last month, marking a major step toward integrating it into the carrier air wing of the future. The Stingray isn’t the first...