米海軍：ドローンによる空中給油に成功：ボーイングMQ-25（動画）：
US Navy: Succeeded in aerial refueling with drone: Boeing MQ-25：
美国海军：成功使用无人机进行空中加油：波音 MQ-25
ー艦載機の行動範囲拡大に貢献ー
アメリカ海軍
6月7日、ドローンによる戦闘機への空中給油に成功したと発表した。
6月4日、ボーイングMQ-25がF/A-18スーパーホーネットに空中給油を行った。
海軍が戦い方を変えつつある中、給油ドローンは艦上戦闘機の戦闘範囲の拡大に貢献するだろう。
アメリカ海軍は6月7日、無人空中給油機による艦上戦闘機への空中給油に成功したことを発表した。
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US Navy plans Stingray carrier deck tests in 2021 following milestone fuel transfer
The US Navy (USN)
plans to perform deck handling demonstrations of a Boeing MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
onboard an aircraft carrier later this year after transferring fuel to a receiver aircraft for the first time on 4 June.
The Boeing-owned MQ-25A T1 test asset passing fuel to a Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet
is considered the first aerial refuelling operation between a manned receiver aircraft and an unmanned tanker, according to a USN statement.
The flight demonstrated that
the MQ-25A can fulfil its tanker mission using the service’s probe and drogue aerial refuelling method.
The refuelling test
started with the MQ-25A T1 test asset taking off, followed by a F/A-18 from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23), which was flown by two operational USN test pilots.
Their objective for the mission,
Bujold said, was to evaluate how stable the Super Hornet would be flying near the UAV and to view the stability of the air refuelling store and the basket.