Skunk Works Head: Navy Should Consider A Flying Wing Design for MQ-XX Stingray
ARLINGTON, Va. — To meet the Navy’s new set of requirements for its unmanned MQ-XX Stingray carrier tanker, the service…
Navy Wants to Shed RAQ Designation from Stingray Carrier UAV
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy wants to continue to tweak what it will call the Stingray — its first carrier-based…
Navy Pushing New Name for Unmanned Aerial Tanker: RAQ-25 Stingray
The Navy wants to change the Pentagon imposed designation of its RAQ-25 carrier-based unmanned aerial tanker with its own nom-de-drone…
WEST: NAVAIR’s Unmanned Aerial Tanker Acquisition Will Be Leaner Than Previous UCLASS Effort
SAN DIEGO — The head of Naval Air Systems Command said the effort to build the Navy’s first unmanned aerial…
Unmanned CBARS Tanker Air Segment Draft RFP Expected Later This Year
This post has been updated to include additional comments from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Naval Air Systems…
Pentagon to Navy: Convert UCLASS Program Into Unmanned Aerial Tanker, Accelerate F-35 Development, Buy More Super Hornets
The Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) effort is being retooled as primarily a carrier-based unmanned aerial…
Navy Under Secretary Nominee Davidson Fields Ford Carrier Concerns During Confirmation Hearing
The nominee for the Navy’s number two civilian post told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that she shares…
Manned Advanced Arresting Gear Testing To Begin In February, Wrap Up After Carrier Ford Delivers
The Navy will begin testing manned airplanes on its Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) at a New Jersey test site in…
Ford Carrier Suffers ‘Slight Deterioration’ in Testing Schedule, Could Delay Sea Trials 2 Months
Sea trials for the first-in-class nuclear carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) could be pushed back up to six to eight…
Opinion: Get the Ford Carriers to the Fleet
The U.S. Navy is struggling with an undersized fleet, and is being pushed to its breaking point. The facts are…