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

Our first operational MQ-25A Stingray™ has successfully completed its first taxi test. At the push of a button from Air Vehicle Pilots in the Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System, the Stingray autonomously taxied from the new MQ-25 production facility in Mascoutah, Illinois, to the taxiway at MidAmerica St. Louis airport and executed a series of maneuvers to validate its functionality. The U.S. Navy’s first MQ-25A is now one step closer to its first flight. | The Boeing Company

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