27.12.2020, 15:48
Zitat:Boeing, US Navy fly MQ-25A test asset in aerial refuelling configuration for the first timehttps://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-...first-time
Boeing and the US Navy (USN) flew the MQ-25A Stingray unmanned refuelling and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) T1 test asset in its aerial refuelling configuration for the first time on 9 December, according to a company statement.
Cobham Mission Systems’ underwing-mounted refuelling buddy store flew on the MQ-25A T1 test asset, according to Cobham. A buddy store is an external pod, located on an aircraft hard point such as an ejector rack. It contains the equipment for “buddy tanking” another aircraft using a hose and drogue air-to-air refuelling system. Cobham said that the test helped to validate the MQ-25A’s aerodynamics while carrying existing refuelling equipment. [...]
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