Posted on Jun 16, 2021
Navy Weighing How to Include More Capabilities on MQ-25A Beyond Tanking - USNI News
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Lawmakers are asking the Navy to start adding capabilities to the emerging MQ-25A Stingray unmanned carrier tankers that are set to join the fleet in the next few years, service officials said.
While lawmakers have pushed the service to slow down their planned unmanned surface vessels with a series of land-based testing sites, the opposite is true for unmanned aviation, deputy chief of naval operations for warfighting requirements and capabilities Vice Adm. Jim Kilby (OPNAV N9) said on Tuesday at an event at the Navy Memorial.
“Congress is very skeptical about unmanned surface vessels: go-slow, land-based testing, don’t lose your lessons learned in the past,” Kilby said.
“But in the air, they’re probably more confident because of what we’ve done as a nation in the last 20 years. I get pressurized about, ‘When are you going to drop bombs from the MQ-25? When are you going to use it as a sensor?’”
While lawmakers have pushed the service to slow down their planned unmanned surface vessels with a series of land-based testing sites, the opposite is true for unmanned aviation, deputy chief of naval operations for warfighting requirements and capabilities Vice Adm. Jim Kilby (OPNAV N9) said on Tuesday at an event at the Navy Memorial.
“Congress is very skeptical about unmanned surface vessels: go-slow, land-based testing, don’t lose your lessons learned in the past,” Kilby said.
“But in the air, they’re probably more confident because of what we’ve done as a nation in the last 20 years. I get pressurized about, ‘When are you going to drop bombs from the MQ-25? When are you going to use it as a sensor?’”
Navy Weighing How to Include More Capabilities on MQ-25A Beyond Tanking - USNI News
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They start adding capabilities and bolting on crap, the drone won't do what it was designed to do; refuel aircraft. I shouldn't be surprised, I mean look at all the additional stuff crammed on the KC-46, that still won't refuel all the aircraft it's supposed to. When are we going to learn? Right tool for the right job, instead of piling on all sorts of shit.
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