Author: Jane Edwards|| Date Published: September 20, 2019
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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Boeing (NYSE: BA) and the U.S. Navy completed the initial flight test of the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling platform.
