{"id":6507,"date":"2019-09-26T07:04:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T06:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spazio-news.it\/?p=6507"},"modified":"2026-01-29T19:50:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:50:58","slug":"mq-25-boeing-and-the-us-navy-completed-the-first-test-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/spazio-news.it\/?p=6507","title":{"rendered":"MQ-25: BOEING AND THE US NAVY COMPLETED THE FIRST TEST FLIGHT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Navy and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boeing.com\/\">Boeing<\/a> successfully completed the <strong>first test flight<\/strong> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boeing.com\/defense\/mq25\/\">MQ-25\u2122 Unmanned Aerial Refueler &#8211; UAR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSeeing MQ-25 in the sky is a testament to our Boeing and Navy team working the technology, systems and processes that are helping get MQ-25 to the carrier,\u201d<\/em> &#8211; Said at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spazio-news.it\/\">Spazio-News Magazine<\/a> Boeing MQ-25 Program Director <strong>Dave Bujold<\/strong> -. <em>\u201cThis aircraft and its flight test program ensures we\u2019re delivering the MQ-25 to the carrier fleet with the safety, reliability and capability the U.S. Navy needs to conduct its vital mission.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>MQ-25<\/strong> test asset, known as <strong>T1<\/strong>, completed the autonomous <strong>two-hour flight<\/strong> under the direction of <strong>Boeing<\/strong> <strong>test pilots<\/strong> operating from a <strong>ground control station<\/strong> at <strong>MidAmerica<\/strong> St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., where the test program is based. The aircraft completed an <strong>autonomous<\/strong> <strong>taxi<\/strong> and <strong>takeoff<\/strong> and then flew a <strong>pre-determined route<\/strong> to validate the aircraft\u2019s basic flight functions and operations with the <strong>ground control station<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s flight is an exciting and significant milestone for our program and the Navy &#8211; Said the Navy\u2019s Unmanned Carrier Aviation &#8211; PMA-268 Program Manager Capt. Chad Reed -. <em>The flight of this test asset two years before our first MQ-25 arrives represents the first big step in a series of early learning opportunities that are helping us progress toward delivery of a game-changing capability for the carrier air wing and strike group commanders.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Boeing-owned test asset is a predecessor to the <strong>Engineering Development Model &#8211; EDM aircraft<\/strong> and is being used for early learning and discovery to meet the goals of the <strong>US Navy\u2019s accelerated acquisition program<\/strong>. Boeing will produce four <strong>EDM MQ-25 air vehicles<\/strong> for the <strong>US Navy<\/strong> under an <strong>$805 million contract<\/strong> awarded in August 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Navy and Boeing successfully completed the first test flight of the MQ-25\u2122 Unmanned Aerial Refueler &#8211; UAR. \u201cSeeing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,7],"tags":[172,539,3463,69,1156,1096,72,3464],"class_list":["post-6507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prima-pagina","category-news-dal-mondo-en","tag-boeing","tag-boeing-mq-25","tag-boeing-mq-25-unmanned-aerial-refueler-uar","tag-drone","tag-droni-uav","tag-u-s-navy","tag-uav","tag-unmanned-aerial-refueler"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MQ-25: BOEING AND THE US NAVY COMPLETED THE FIRST TEST FLIGHT &#187; 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