The Navy confirms Boeing’s MQ-25 will not fly in 2025 as expected, shifting the pivotal test to early 2026 while ground checks and certification continue.

The first flight of the U.S. Navy’s Boeing MQ-25 Stingray has slipped into early 2026, delaying earlier plans to achieve by the end of 2025 what senior service officials have repeatedly described as a pivotal milestone for the future of unmanned carrier aviation. The aircraft is now completing an extended series of ground tests and systems certification before it can fly, according to Aviation Week . Contents The Navy confirms Boeing’s MQ-25 will not fly in 2025 as expected, shifting the pivotal test to early 2026 while ground checks and certification continue. Confident 2025 Expectation Carrier-Based Manned-Unmanned Team

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