The U.S. Navy successfully conducted its first-ever aerial refueling between a manned aircraft and an unmanned tanker. The unmanned tanker was being flown from the ground control station. The Illinois-based mission lasted about four and a half hours and validated that an unmanned tanker could successfully use the Navy’s standard probe-and-drogue aerial refueling method. | cheddar news

MQ-25 has completed its first test flight! This historic milestone puts the U.S. Navy’s first operational unmanned aerial refueler a step closer to the carrier fleet. Learn more: https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2019-09-19-Boeing-MQ-25-Unmanned-Aerial-Refueler-Completes-First-Test-Flight | The Boeing Company

1.9K views · 70 reactions | Boeing MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Drone Demonstrator First Flight #Boeing #MQ25 #FirstFlight #Stingray #TankerDrone HD Boeing unleashed an early version of its MQ-25 Autonomous Drone at an airfield in St Louis of September 19, 2019, for a short test jaunt to demonstrate some basic functions. #Boeing #MQ25 #FirstFlight #Stingray #TankerDrone | Aviación General | Facebook

23K views · 697 reactions | MQ25 takes another step toward unmanned aerial refueling for the U.S. Navy. The MQ-25 test asset has flown for the first time with an aerial refueling pod containing the hose and basket that will make it an aerial refueler. Read more https://wp.me/p3avY4-d4u | Military Leak | Facebook

AVIATION HISTORY / The MQ-25 T1 test asset transferred fuel to a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet during a flight last week. This is the first time an unmanned aircraft has ever refueled another aircraft. Video: twitter.com/boeing | Aeronews

Fueling the future with the MQ-25 Stingray and KC-46 Pegasus