The demonstration sample of the unmanned tanker MQ-25 Stingray of the Naval Forces (Navy) made an air refueling fighter fighter fighter F-35C Lightning II. The corresponding video company Boeing has published on YouTube.
refueling occurred on September 13 in the sky near Saint Luis Airport in Mascut (Illinois).
Edition The Drive reminds that the deck fighter-bomber fighter F / A-18F Super Hornet and the deck airplane of long-range radar detection (DRLO) E-2D Advanced Hawkeye are refilled with MQ-25 Stingray.
In August, the MQ-25 Stingray was for the first time in the air the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye plane. In June, the drone for the first time in history conducted an air refueling of the fighter.
First flight MQ-25 Stingray took place in September 2019.
In addition to refueling aircraft, such drones are planned to be used in intelligence. The first MQ-25 must receive the George Bush aircraft carrier type Nimitz. The entire US Navy plans to receive 72 units of MQ-25 Stingray. Deliveries of the first drones should start until 2025.