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Navy/USMC

Navy Pushes Back MQ-25A Stingray Unmanned Tanker Timeline After Inspector General Warnings

Monday, November 27th, 2023

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Navy Pushes Back MQ-25A Stingray Unmanned Tanker Timeline After Inspector General Warnings

The Boeing MQ-25A T1 unmanned test aircraft tanker refuels a Lockheed Martin F-35C Joint Strike Fighter on Sept. 13 (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy pushed back its timeline for the Boeing [BA] MQ-25A Stingray carrier-based unmanned tanker aircraft after the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DOD OIG) warned the current schedule pushing production ahead of sufficient testing could ultimately risk creating more costs and deployment delays. According to a DoD OIG report published on Nov. 20, the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation program Office originally planned “to make critical production decisions before the Program Office conducts developmental and operational tests and…

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