General Atomics uses Avenger aircraft as surrogate during MQ-25 demo

By Lee Hudson / April 18, 2018 at 8:45 AM
General Atomics performed a deck-handling demonstration of its MQ-25 Stingray offering in November using an Avenger aircraft as a surrogate and is using a Pratt & Whitney PW850 engine in its design, according to the company. Chuck Wright, MQ-25 program manager at GA, told Inside the Navy April 10 the demonstration is part of the Navy's concept refinement contract. The company is using gesture recognition and custody arbitration technology to maneuver the aircraft on the flight deck. The air vehicle...

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