Boeing logs first flight with production-model MQ-25 refuelling drone
The milestone comes seven years after Boeing began test flights with a company-owned prototype. Boeing has completed the first test flight of its operationally-configured MQ-25 Stingray autonomous refuelling drone. The 2h flight took place on 25 April and from the Boeing industrial site at MidAmeric
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