美国海军：成功使用无人机进行空中加油：波音 MQ-25
-有助于扩大舰载机的作用范围-
美国海军
6月7日，它宣布成功通过无人机为战斗机空中加油。
6月4日，波音MQ-25在空中为F/A-18超级大黄蜂加油。
随着海军正在改变其作战方式，加油无人机将有助于扩大具有航母能力的战斗机的范围。
美国海军6月7日宣布，已成功使用无人空中加油机为舰载战斗机加油。
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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.