US Navy: Succeeded in aerial refueling with drone: Boeing MQ-25
-Contributing to expanding the range of action of carrier-based aircraft-
U.S. Navy
On June 7, it announced that it had succeeded in aerial refueling of fighters by drones.
On June 4, the Boeing MQ-25 refueled the F / A-18 Super Hornet in the air.
As the Navy is changing the way it fights, refueling drones will help expand the range of carrier-capable fighters.
The US Navy announced on June 7 that it had successfully refueled carrier-capable fighter aircraft with unmanned aerial refueling aircraft.
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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.