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Boeing, Navy Conduct First MQ-25 Unmanned Tanker Test Flight


Boeing (NYSE: BA) and the U.S. Navy completed the initial flight test of the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling platform.

The company said Thursday that its test pilots at a ground control station at an airport in Mascoutah, Ill., evaluated the takeoff, taxi and other flight functions of the drone test asset, dubbed T1, during the two-hour test flight.

œThis aircraft and its flight test program ensures we™re delivering the MQ-25 to the carrier fleet with the safety, reliability and capability the U.S. Navy needs to conduct its vital mission, said Dave Bujold, MQ-25 program director at Boeing.

In August 2018, Boeing won a potential $805 million contract to build four MQ-25 carrier-based drones for the Navy. The unmanned aircraft is designed to increase the range of the military branch™s deployed fighter jets through its refueling capability.

The Federal Aviation Administration issued an experimental airworthiness certificate to the T1 test asset in September.

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