The US Navy’s been running tests of the MQ-25 Stingray on USS George H.W. Bush as it operates in the Atlantic.Naval Air Systems Command said that the tests on the Bush focused on the MQ-25’s deck handling system during the day and nighttime operations.Those included taxiing and parking on the flight deck, connecting to the catapult and clearing the landing area. MQ-25 “deck operators” used Boeing’s new Deck Control Device — basically, packs that operators carry on their backs and arms, to operate the drone.The deck handling demonstration on USS George H.W. Bush followed a two-year flight test campaign for the Boeing-owned T1 test aircraft. In this period, Boeing and the USN refueled F/A-18 Super Hornet, E-2D Hawkeye and F-35C Lightning II carrier-based aircraftIn this video Defense Updates analyzes why the MQ-25 refueling drone would make US supercarriers much more deadly?
MQ-25 – world’s first operational carrier-based unmanned refueling drone getting ready !
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