{"id":1529457,"date":"2026-06-04T14:33:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/mq-25-stingray-first-flight-carrier-drone-tanker-lrip\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:33:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:33:31","slug":"mq-25-stingray-first-flight-carrier-drone-tanker-lrip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/mq-25-stingray-first-flight-carrier-drone-tanker-lrip\/","title":{"rendered":"MQ-25 Stingray Completes Maiden Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n\nBoeing&#8217;s MQ-25A Stingray completed its maiden flight on 25 April at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport, flew for two hours, and demonstrated something no carrier-based drone has done before: autonomous taxi, takeoff, flight, and landing under ground-controller command. Three weeks later, the Navy cleared it for low-rate initial production. The drone that could redefine carrier aviation is no longer a concept. It is a production aircraft.\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:18px 22px;margin:20px 0 28px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;color:#333;font-size:17px\">Quick Facts &mdash; MQ-25A Stingray<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>Manufacturer:<\/strong> Boeing<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>Role:<\/strong> Carrier-based unmanned aerial tanker<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>First flight:<\/strong> 25 April 2026, MidAmerica St. Louis Airport<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>Flight duration:<\/strong> ~2 hours<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>Milestone C:<\/strong> 19 May 2026 (cleared for LRIP)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>LRIP Lot 1:<\/strong> 3 aircraft, contract expected summer 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>IOC:<\/strong> FY2029 (slipped from 2026)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0;font-size:15px\"><strong>Programme cost:<\/strong> $15.9B (~$209M per aircraft)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The Range Problem<\/h2>\n\nEvery carrier air wing has the same constraint: the Super Hornets that do the fighting burn a third of their fuel just getting to the fight and back. A carrier in the Western Pacific operating against Chinese anti-ship missile batteries has to stay at least 1,000 nautical miles from the coast to survive. That puts most of its strike range beyond the combat radius of an F\/A-18E\/F carrying weapons.\n\nThe MQ-25 solves this by moving the tanking mission off manned aircraft. Currently, Super Hornets fly &#8220;buddy store&#8221; tanker missions for each other \u2014 which means 20-30% of a carrier&#8217;s strike fighters are not fighting at all, but hauling fuel for the ones that are. An unmanned tanker frees those jets for combat.\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">From Test to Production<\/h2>\n\nThe 25 April maiden flight took off at 10:49 AM CDT from MidAmerica. Both Boeing and Navy pilots controlled the aircraft from a Lockheed Martin MDCX-integrated ground control station. The Stingray demonstrated autonomous taxi, takeoff, manoeuvring, and landing \u2014 the full envelope \u2014 in a single sortie.\n\nMilestone C approval followed on 19 May, clearing the MQ-25A for Low-Rate Initial Production. Lot 1 will deliver three aircraft, with priced options for Lot 2 (three more) and Lot 3 (five). Boeing invested $200 million in its MidAmerica production facility in 2024 to prepare for series manufacturing.\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;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\"><div><em>&ldquo;The MQ-25A demonstrated the ability to autonomously taxi, take off, fly and land \u2014 validating years of engineering and integration work.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>NAVAIR<\/strong> &mdash; Official statement, April 2026<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The Pacific Equation<\/h2>\n\nInitial operational capability has slipped to FY2029 \u2014 originally it was this year aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). The delay is frustrating but not surprising for a programme this complex: the MQ-25 has to operate from a carrier deck, refuel fighters at altitude, and do both autonomously. Getting it right matters more than getting it fast.\n\nWhen it does arrive, the math changes fundamentally. A carrier air wing with MQ-25 tankers can extend its effective strike radius by hundreds of nautical miles without sacrificing a single fighter to the tanking role. In the Pacific, where distance is the defining operational problem, that is not an incremental improvement. It is a strategic shift.\n\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b9WqSR_XYG0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<em>Sources: USNI News, Boeing, NAVAIR, Air &#038; Space Forces Magazine<\/em>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boeing&#8217;s MQ-25A Stingray completed its maiden flight on 25 April at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport, flew for two hours, and demonstrated something no carrier-based drone has done before: autonomous taxi, takeoff, flight, and landing under ground-controller command. Three weeks later, the Navy cleared it for low-rate initial production. 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