The U.S. Air Force has welcomed the arrival of its fifth Boeing-built KC-46A Pegasus tanker at Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma. The aircraft took off from Boeing’s Seattle-based facility on... Read more
Omega Aerial Refueling Services intends to purchase new aircraft and take out from storage its Boeing-built KC-707 and KDC-10 tankers as the U.S. Air Force looks to industry for additional t... Read more
Lockheed Martin and Airbus have agreed to team up to meet the aerial refueling requirements of U.S. defense agency clients. “Reliable and modernized aerial refueling is an essential ca... Read more
Boeing has completed the Federal Aviation Administration’s airworthiness accreditation for the KC-46 tanker program after the company received a supplemental type certificate for the aircraf... Read more
Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s defense, space and security segment, told Military Times in a video interview aired Sunday that the company is going to deliver KC-46 aerial refue... Read more
A General Atomics business unit has demonstrated aircraft carrier-based deck taxi capability and launch-and-recovery operations for its proposed offering for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-ba... Read more
Boeing has already conducted several tests of its proposed unmanned aircraft system for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based aerial refueling tanker drone program ahead of the servic... Read more
Boeing has completed fuel on-load tests needed for Federal Aviation Administration certification of the company’s refueling tanker aircraft. KC-46 received 540,600 pounds of fuel and p... Read more
Boeing has secured a registration number from the Federal Aviation Administration for its proposed unmanned aircraft system for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based tanker drone prog... Read more
Lockheed Martin has released a new video that shows the concept for the future vertical lift helicopter based on the X2 demonstrator, New Atlas reported Thursday. David Szondy writes Lockhee... Read more
Boeing has unveiled its proposed unmanned aircraft offering for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-based aerial refueling tanker drone program. The company said Tuesday it has begun engine tests... Read more
Boeing has subjected an aerial refueling aircraft under primary in-flight tests in preparation for its scheduled delivery to the U.S. Air Force in 2018. The company said Tuesday its first op... Read more
Boeing, the U.S. Air Force and the Naval Air Systems Command have collaborated on electromagnetic testing of a company-built KC-46 aerial refueling aircraft. The team assessed the tanker... Read more
Boeing Eyes MQ-25 Tanker Drone Prototype Flight Test Before Year’s End
Boeing has moved a test prototype of the MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based aerial refueling drone from the firm’s facility in St. Louis to a small regional airport in Illinois as the company prep... Read more