MQ-25 Stingray Archives - Defense Daily http://www.defensedaily.com/tag/mq-25-stingray/ Wed, 20 May 2026 22:13:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.defensedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-dd-icon-150x150.png MQ-25 Stingray Archives - Defense Daily http://www.defensedaily.com/tag/mq-25-stingray/ 32 32 MQ-25 Okayed For Production With Milestone C Approval https://www.defensedaily.com/mq-25-okayed-for-production-with-milestone-c-approval/navy-usmc/ Tue, 19 May 2026 20:38:30 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1271193 The Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray first carrier-based unmanned tanker takes its first flight on April 25, 2026 at Boeing’s facility at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Ill. The MQ-25 is the Navy’s first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft. (Photo: Boeing)

]]> Navy’s MQ-25A Unmanned Tanker Finishes First Test Flight https://www.defensedaily.com/navys-mq-25a-unmanned-tanker-finishes-first-test-flight/navy-usmc/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:13:12 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1265154 The Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray first carrier-based unmanned tanker takes its first flight on April 25, 2026 at Boeing’s facility at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Ill. The MQ-25 is the Navy’s first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft. (Photo: Boeing)

]]> First MQ-25 Flight Test Pushed To Early 2026 https://www.defensedaily.com/first-mq-25-flight-test-pushed-to-early-2026/unmanned-systems/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:18:28 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1237832 The MQ-25 Stingray test asset, T-1, conducts deck handling maneuvers on Dec. 12 while underway aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), the first testing of the MQ-25 model at sea. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

]]> Navy Air Boss Confirms MQ-25 Will Still Test Fly This Year, Followed By Carrier Integration In ‘26 https://www.defensedaily.com/navy-air-boss-confirms-mq-25-will-still-test-fly-this-year-followed-by-carrier-integration-in-26/navy-usmc/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:18:42 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1221301 The MQ-25 Stingray test asset, T-1, conducts deck handling maneuvers on Dec. 12 while underway aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), the first testing of the MQ-25 model at sea. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

]]> NAVAIR Head Warns First MQ-25 Flight This Year Still Requires “A Ton Of Work” https://www.defensedaily.com/navair-head-warns-first-mq-25-flight-this-year-still-requires-a-ton-of-work/navy-usmc/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 21:29:59 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1205881 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)

]]> Navy Awards Boeing $657 Million Mod For Two More MQ-25s https://www.defensedaily.com/navy-awards-boeing-657-million-mod-for-two-more-mq-25s/navy-usmc/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 19:09:29 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1171241 The Boeing MQ-25A T1 unmanned test aircraft tanker refuels a Lockheed Martin F-35C Joint Strike Fighter on Sept. 13 (Photo: U.S. Navy)

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