Featured in CBARSBYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayJun 30, 2019ShareBoeing Unveils Prototype For The Navy’s MQ-25 Drone Tanker Competition (Updated)After teasing the reveal on social media, we finally get our first peak at the company’s clean-sheet, aircraft carrier-borne, unmanned tanker design. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayJun 30, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareNorthrop Grumman Bails on Navy’s Watered-Down Tanker Drone CompetitionThe company says it didn’t feel it could make an “attractive offer” after seeing the final requirements. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareGeneral Atomics Is the First to Show Off Its MQ-25 Drone Tanker DesignThe US Navy has sent out the final request for proposals and expects to pick a winning aircraft in September 2018. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareGeneral Atomics Gives First Clues About its MQ-25 Drone Tanker DesignA US government agency is already flying its Avenger and a foreign customer is interested in buying nearly 100 more. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareNorthrop Grumman MQ-25 Drone Tanker Testbed Emerges At Plant 42 In CaliforniaIt’s not clear whether the company is using the X-47B aircraft as a surrogate or an actual prototype design. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareThe US Navy May Have Watered Down Its MQ-25 Drone Even MoreReported draft requirements focus almost entirely on tanking with no clear mention of intelligence missions. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 29, 2019ShareBoeing’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone Trucked To Air Base Near St. Louis For Flight TestingThe exotic looking carrier-based drone is heading to MidAmerica Airport on the outskirts of St. Louis to begin its ground and air test program. BYTyler RogowayApr 29, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 11, 2018ShareLockheed Is Already Pushing A Stealthy Version Of Its MQ-25 Stingray Tanker DroneThe sad thing is, the whole idea originally was for the Navy to get a stealth drone, but it ended up getting a flying gas can. BYTyler RogowayApr 11, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 9, 2018ShareHere’s Our First Good Look At The Crazy Air Inlet Design On Boeing’s MQ-25 Tanker DroneBoeing’s MQ-25 has a classically problematic but low-observable flush-mounted intake, yet there are no low-observable requirements for the program. BYTyler RogowayApr 9, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 6, 2018ShareThe Compelling Case For Turning S-3 Vikings Into The Navy’s New MQ-25 Tanker DroneThere’s plenty of paid for S-3s that can be converted to do the job and a dedicated Viking tanker variant has already been engineered and flown. BYTyler RogowayApr 6, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 2, 2018ShareGeneral Atomics Isn’t Building A Flyable Prototype Of Their MQ-25 Tanker DroneThe famed drone manufacturer has come out with an impressive, no-nonsense flying gas truck. But will the lack of a prototype hurt its chances? BYTyler RogowayApr 2, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 26, 2018ShareLockheed’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone Looks Impressive, But It’s Still Just A Paper PlaneLockheed’s flying-wing ‘Stingray’ drone is said to be largely a clean sheet design, and that could help or hurt its chances of winning. BYTyler RogowayMar 26, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 13, 2018ShareWe Finally See The Wings On Boeing’s MQ-25 Drone As Details About Its Genesis EmergeAs we suspected, it was designed years ago for a more ambitious program and has since been adapted to meet the Navy’s carrier-based tanker needs. BYTyler RogowayMar 13, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJan 9, 2018ShareExclusive: New Photos Of Boeing’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone On The Ramp In St. LouisThe images give us our first view of the entire aircraft, as well as a sense of its overall scale. BYTyler RogowayJan 9, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJan 3, 2018ShareNew Details Emerge In Boeing’s First Video Of Its Carrier-Based Tanker DroneWe get our first look from different angles of Boeing Phantom Works’ MQ-25 Stingray design, and some exotic features are coming into focus. BYTyler RogowayJan 3, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 14, 2017ShareBoeing Defense Teases Mystery Aircraft Unveiling By Hiding It Under A Black SheetThe strange teaser came on Twitter, showing a puzzling design that the company says will “change the future of air power.” BYTyler RogowayDec 14, 2017Share12
BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayJun 30, 2019ShareBoeing Unveils Prototype For The Navy’s MQ-25 Drone Tanker Competition (Updated)After teasing the reveal on social media, we finally get our first peak at the company’s clean-sheet, aircraft carrier-borne, unmanned tanker design. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayJun 30, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareNorthrop Grumman Bails on Navy’s Watered-Down Tanker Drone CompetitionThe company says it didn’t feel it could make an “attractive offer” after seeing the final requirements. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareGeneral Atomics Is the First to Show Off Its MQ-25 Drone Tanker DesignThe US Navy has sent out the final request for proposals and expects to pick a winning aircraft in September 2018. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareGeneral Atomics Gives First Clues About its MQ-25 Drone Tanker DesignA US government agency is already flying its Avenger and a foreign customer is interested in buying nearly 100 more. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareNorthrop Grumman MQ-25 Drone Tanker Testbed Emerges At Plant 42 In CaliforniaIt’s not clear whether the company is using the X-47B aircraft as a surrogate or an actual prototype design. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareThe US Navy May Have Watered Down Its MQ-25 Drone Even MoreReported draft requirements focus almost entirely on tanking with no clear mention of intelligence missions. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 29, 2019ShareBoeing’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone Trucked To Air Base Near St. Louis For Flight TestingThe exotic looking carrier-based drone is heading to MidAmerica Airport on the outskirts of St. Louis to begin its ground and air test program. BYTyler RogowayApr 29, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 11, 2018ShareLockheed Is Already Pushing A Stealthy Version Of Its MQ-25 Stingray Tanker DroneThe sad thing is, the whole idea originally was for the Navy to get a stealth drone, but it ended up getting a flying gas can. BYTyler RogowayApr 11, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 9, 2018ShareHere’s Our First Good Look At The Crazy Air Inlet Design On Boeing’s MQ-25 Tanker DroneBoeing’s MQ-25 has a classically problematic but low-observable flush-mounted intake, yet there are no low-observable requirements for the program. BYTyler RogowayApr 9, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 6, 2018ShareThe Compelling Case For Turning S-3 Vikings Into The Navy’s New MQ-25 Tanker DroneThere’s plenty of paid for S-3s that can be converted to do the job and a dedicated Viking tanker variant has already been engineered and flown. BYTyler RogowayApr 6, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 2, 2018ShareGeneral Atomics Isn’t Building A Flyable Prototype Of Their MQ-25 Tanker DroneThe famed drone manufacturer has come out with an impressive, no-nonsense flying gas truck. But will the lack of a prototype hurt its chances? BYTyler RogowayApr 2, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 26, 2018ShareLockheed’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone Looks Impressive, But It’s Still Just A Paper PlaneLockheed’s flying-wing ‘Stingray’ drone is said to be largely a clean sheet design, and that could help or hurt its chances of winning. BYTyler RogowayMar 26, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 13, 2018ShareWe Finally See The Wings On Boeing’s MQ-25 Drone As Details About Its Genesis EmergeAs we suspected, it was designed years ago for a more ambitious program and has since been adapted to meet the Navy’s carrier-based tanker needs. BYTyler RogowayMar 13, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJan 9, 2018ShareExclusive: New Photos Of Boeing’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone On The Ramp In St. LouisThe images give us our first view of the entire aircraft, as well as a sense of its overall scale. BYTyler RogowayJan 9, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJan 3, 2018ShareNew Details Emerge In Boeing’s First Video Of Its Carrier-Based Tanker DroneWe get our first look from different angles of Boeing Phantom Works’ MQ-25 Stingray design, and some exotic features are coming into focus. BYTyler RogowayJan 3, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 14, 2017ShareBoeing Defense Teases Mystery Aircraft Unveiling By Hiding It Under A Black SheetThe strange teaser came on Twitter, showing a puzzling design that the company says will “change the future of air power.” BYTyler RogowayDec 14, 2017Share
