The MQ-25A Stingray will refuel warplanes in mid-flight, allowing them to carry out longer missions.

Developers Boeing and the U.S. Navy say they successfully completed the first two-hour test flight of an operational model.

The first operational Boeing MQ-25A Stingray has taken to the sky for the first time. On April 25, 2026, the carrier-based autonomous aerial refueling plane took off from MidAmerica Airport in ...

Owing to range constraints and the potential for very lengthy missions, fighters and bombers are sometimes refueled in midair. Though it's quite a common procedure in this context, that doesn't make ...