CUTTING EDGE

DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINE OF AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY

US NAVY CARRIER DRONE HAS DEEP STEALTH ROOTS

THE US NAVY’S new MQ-25A Stingray aerial refueling drone bears an uncanny resemblance to an experimental US military aircraft from the late 1970s. And that similarity could point to the way for the Stingray’s potential evolution from a tanker into a stealthy surveillance and strike aircraft.

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