Key point: Normal, manned carrier fighters don’t have a long-enough range, but drones would. The Navy will choose a new carrier-launched drone at the end of this year as part of a plan to massively ...

The US Navy (USN) has awarded Boeing a $47.5 million contract to support long-lead production of the service’s first autonomous aerial refueller. The Department of Defense announced the contract under ...

“To see T1 [Stingray prototype] fly with the hardware and software that makes MQ-25 an aerial refueler this early in the program is a visible reminder of the capability we’re bringing to the carrier ...

Aerospace manufacturing giant Boeing is progressing in its development programme of an autonomous tanker aircraft for the US Navy (USN). The US-based planemaker, which recently moved its headquarters ...