Boeing believes 18 months of early testing and embedding Navy officials into its program office will play a big part in accelerating the MQ-25's initial operational capability ahead of the 2024 goal, according to a company official. “Eighteen months of early learning with an aircraft that gets that software matured faster is probably our single biggest step in the direction of getting IOC early,” Dave Bujold, director of Boeing's MQ-25 program, told reporters today in Arlington, VA. Bujold was referring...
