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MQ-25 prototype moves to flight test site

30th April 2019 - 14:48 GMT | by Marc Selinger in Washington, DC

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The Boeing-built prototype for the US Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aircraft has arrived at a commercial airport in St Louis to begin flight tests later this year, according to company officials.

The prototype aerial refueller, known as T1, left Boeing’s St Louis factory late 28 April and traveled about 70 miles aboard a flatbed truck before arriving at the MidAmerica St Louis Airport in Illinois, which is next to Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.

‘This is a giant step getting this airplane to its test location,’ said Dave Bujold, Boeing’s MQ-25 programme manager and a former USAF acquisition official.

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