{"id":4146224,"date":"2026-07-06T11:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/mq-25-stingray-nimitz-new-york-naval-review-250\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:19:11","slug":"mq-25-stingray-nimitz-new-york-naval-review-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/fr\/mq-25-stingray-nimitz-new-york-naval-review-250\/","title":{"rendered":"Un p\u00e9trolier robotis\u00e9 fait route vers New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\n\n<style>\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid #0F1720;background:#fff;color:#0F1720;font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;letter-spacing:0;text-transform:none;cursor:pointer;box-shadow:none;transition:background .15s,color 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Lashed to the flight deck of USS Nimitz, between rows of <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/fa-18-super-hornet\">Super Hornets<\/a>, sat a windowless grey machine with folded wings and no cockpit: the MQ-25 Stingray \u2014 the drone that will refuel the US Navy\u2019s fighters, and the first hard evidence most spectators have ever seen of the robot carrier air wing that\u2019s coming.<\/p>\r\n<p>According to Stars and Stripes, the Navy opened International Naval Review 250 in New York Harbor on July 4 with Nimitz at its heart \u2014 fresh from a multinational fleet exercise in the Atlantic, and with the Stingray demonstrator riding along as a very deliberate show-and-tell.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5; border-radius: 8px; padding: 20px 24px; margin: 24px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px;\">Quick Facts: MQ-25 Stingray T-1 Demonstrator<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 12px 4px 0; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;\">What it is<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">Boeing-owned MQ-25 demonstrator (\u201cT-1\u201d), flying since 2019<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 12px 4px 0; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;\">Where<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">Aboard USS Nimitz for FLEETEX 250 and the 250th anniversary naval review in New York<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 12px 4px 0; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;\">Size<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">Production MQ-25: 75 ft wingspan (31.3 ft folded), 51 ft long \u2014 wider than a Super Hornet<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 12px 4px 0; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;\">Mission<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">Aerial refueling for the carrier air wing, plus built-in ISR capability<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 12px 4px 0; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;\">Status<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">First production-representative MQ-25 flew April 2026; Navy aims for initial operational capability next year<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">A Very Big Drone on a Very Famous Deck<\/h2>\r\n<p>The Navy confirmed to The War Zone what deck photos had suggested: \u201cWe do indeed have a Boeing-owned T-1 prototype currently onboard,\u201d a spokesperson said. T-1 is the original Stingray demonstrator \u2014 it has been flying since 2019 and made history by refueling a crewed aircraft in flight, but it has never launched from or landed on a carrier. It was craned aboard, just as it was for deck-handling trials on USS George H.W. Bush in December 2021.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201cTo honor the United States\u2019 250th anniversary, the MQ-25A T1 prototype is aboard the USS Nimitz, offering a glimpse of the Navy\u2019s carrier air wing of the future.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Boeing Defense<\/strong> \u2014 statement on X<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/mq-25-t1-250-markings-nimitz.jpg\" alt=\"The MQ-25 T-1 demonstrator with 250th anniversary markings on the deck of USS Nimitz\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">T-1 wears fresh grey paint and blue \u201c250\u201d anniversary markings for the cruise. US Navy via Boeing<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>What the photos really communicate is scale. The production Stingray spans 75 feet \u2014 thirty feet more than the Super Hornets parked beside it \u2014 and even with wings folded it occupies more than 31 feet of precious deck space. Maneuvering something that size, with nobody in it, through the choreographed chaos of carrier deck operations remains one of the program\u2019s hardest problems.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Twenty-Six Warships and a Birthday Party<\/h2>\r\n<p>Nimitz spent late June leading Fleet Exercise 250, a large multinational training event in the Atlantic with participants including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Canada and Turkey. In a group-sail photo exercise on June 25, the carrier led 25 other warships from 13 of the participating nations \u2014 the kind of formation navies stage once a decade.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/fleetex-250-group-sail-uss-nimitz.jpg\" alt=\"USS Nimitz leads a multinational formation of warships during FLEETEX 250\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Nimitz leads the FLEETEX 250 group sail on June 25, 2026. US Navy<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>From there the carrier turned north for New York and the International Naval Review, where the Blue Angels led a parade of aircraft over the Hudson on July 4 \u2014 joined, in a neat diplomatic touch, by France\u2019s Patrouille de France trailing red, white and blue smoke over the harbor, as Stars and Stripes reported.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"max-width: 550px; margin: 0 auto 28px;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 400px; border: none; border-radius: 12px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?id=2070108443348697393&amp;theme=light\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">The Air Wing of the Future, Sooner or Later<\/h2>\r\n<p>Behind the pageantry is a program the Navy badly needs. The Stingray\u2019s first job is unglamorous but critical: taking over the tanker mission from F\/A-18F Super Hornets, which currently burn airframe life passing gas to other jets. Every operational Stingray frees up a strike fighter and extends the reach of the whole air wing \u2014 which matters enormously in a Pacific where anti-ship missiles keep pushing carriers further from their targets.<\/p>\r\n<p>The program is years late. The original goal was initial operational capability in 2024; the first production-representative Stingray only flew this April. The Navy now hopes to declare IOC next year, with drone control centers already installed aboard George H.W. Bush, Carl Vinson, Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\r\n<p>Nimitz herself will almost certainly never operate a Stingray for real \u2014 the Navy has extended the 51-year-old carrier\u2019s service life only into next March. Which makes the image oddly fitting: the fleet\u2019s oldest active flattop, on her farewell tour, carrying the future on her back into New York Harbor. Navy officials want future air wings to be 60 percent or more uncrewed. 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