Navy Picks Boeing to Build MQ-25A Stingray Carrier-Based Drone
This post has been updated to include comments from Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson and Navy acquisition chief…
Northrop Grumman Drops Out of MQ-25A Stingray Competition
Northrop Grumman will not compete to build the service’s MQ-25A Stingray aerial refueling unmanned aerial vehicle despite being the developer…
Navy Releases Final MQ-25 Stingray RFP; General Atomics Bid Revealed
Naval Air Systems Command has quietly released the final request for proposals to industry for the unmanned MQ-25 Stingray aerial…
MQ-25 Stingray Unmanned Aerial Tanker Could Almost Double Strike Range of U.S. Carrier Air Wing
The inclusion of the unmanned MQ-25 Stingray aerial tanker into the U.S. carrier air wing could increase the effective strike range…
Navy Issues New MQ-25A Stingray Draft RFP to Industry Ahead of Final RFP in the Fall
The Navy issued its latest draft request for proposals for what will be the service’s first operational carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle,…
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…
House Panel Explores Ethics Behind Using Unmanned Military Systems
“Our young people are really concerned about the ethical and moral use” of unmanned systems in combat, the Navy’s first…
House, Senate Armed Services Committees Agree to Support UCLASS, Additional Aircraft Procurement
The House and Senate armed services committees came to an agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year…
Document: Report to Congress on History of the Navy UCLASS Program Requirements
The following is the Aug. 3, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, History of the Navy UCLASS Program Requirements: In Brief.…