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Navy/USMC

Boeing Demos MQ-25 MUM-T Capabilities Without Ground Control Comms

Kelsey Reichmann

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021

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Boeing Demos MQ-25 MUM-T Capabilities Without Ground Control Comms

The Boeing MQ-25A T-1 test asset conducts the first refueling between an unmanned aircraft and a manned F/A-18E/F Super Hornet on June 4, 2021. (Photo: Boeing)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--In a new demonstration from Boeing testing advanced manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) capabilities, the Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial refueler communicated with other manned aircraft without the need for an air vehicle operator on the ground. The demonstration occurred in a virtual environment with the MQ-25 communicating with the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne command and control aircraft and the F/A-18 Super Hornet. The Office of Naval Research sponsored the demonstration and Northrop Grumman provided its E-2D simulator to work…

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