Curtiss-Wright Will Provide Data Technology Support for Boeing’s MQ-25 Unmanned Air Refueling Platform

April 29, 2019

William Kucinski

The Boeing Company (Boeing) awarded a data technology systems contract to Curtiss-Wright Corporation ’s (Curtiss Wright’s) Defense Solutions division for the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Curtiss Wright will support Boeing’s engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) program to provide four MQ-25 aircraft to the U.S. Navy for initial operational capability by 2024.

The MQ-25 is the U.S. Navy’s first operational carrier-based UAS and is designed to provide a much-needed, low-cost refueling capability to aircraft like the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, Boeing EA-18 Growler, and Lockheed Martin F-35C fighters.

“We are very proud that our data system solution was selected by Boeing for use on the aircraft carrier-deployed MQ-25 unmanned tanker aircraft,” says Lynn Bamford, senior vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright’s Defense Solutions division.

William Kucinski is content editor at SAE International, Aerospace Products Group in Warrendale, Pa. Previously, he worked as a writer at the NASA Safety Center in Cleveland, Ohio and was responsible for writing the agency’s System Failure Case Studies. His interests include literally anything that has to do with space, past and present military aircraft, and propulsion technology.

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