#MQ25 is reaching new heights - literally! On a recent test flight, this test asset for the U.S. Navy's unmanned aerial refueling program reached its highest altitude yet at 30,000 feet (9,144 meters). It also flew for more than six hours, another milestone for the aircraft. | The Boeing Company

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