MQ-25™
Description:
The MQ-25™ Stingray will be the world’s first operational, carrier-based unmanned aircraft and provide aerial refueling for the Carrier Air Wing (CVW) and Carrier Strike Group (CSG). Integration of a persistent, sea-based tanker into the CVW will make better use of our combat strike fighters and extend the range of our aircraft carriers. The system will be a critical part of the future CVW, laying the foundation for all future carrier-based unmanned systems and pioneering the cutting-edge manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) operational concept. The Navy plans for all NIMITZ and FORD-class carriers to eventually be MQ-25 capable.
The Navy awarded an Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract to The Boeing Company in August 2018 for the design, development, fabrication, test, delivery, and support of MQ-25A Engineering Development Models (EDMs). Boeing will deliver the first flight test aircraft and testing will occur at its facility in St. Louis, Missouri before transiting to NAS Patuxent River for the duration of the flight test program, with additional testing taking place in Lakehurst, New Jersey, and Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
MQ-25™ is a trademark of the Department of the Navy
Specifications:
Primary function: Aerial refueling
Contractor: Boeing
Propulsion: Rolls-Royce AE3700N
Length: 51.0 ft
Wingspan (wings spread): 75.0 feet
Wingspan (wings folded): 31.3 feet
Height (wings spread): 9.8 feet
Height (wings folded): 15.7 feet
https://www.navair.navy.mil/product/Unmanned-Carrier-Aviation
