We have been closely tracking the slow motion unveiling of Boeing's MQ-25 Stingray Carrier-Based Aerial Refueling System (CBARS) drone. After initially releasing a single head-on picture of the aircraft on December 19th, 2017, last week Boeing released a short video montage giving us a quick and carefully edited splattering of new angles to digest. Some of the takeaways from this video were quite important, but it didn't show the aircraft in its whole form, including its wings and rear quarter, nor did it offer any sense of scale. Now, thanks to one of our readers, we have our first full view images of the drone—including photos of its rear—as well as that previously missing sense of size.
Jeremy McGough was flying out of St. Louis's famous Lambert Field this morning when he noticed a very strange aircraft on one of the airport's aprons near Boeing Defense's sprawling plant. He snapped a few pictures and sent them our way to see if we could positively identify the mystery machine as Boeing's MQ-25 Stingray tanker contender. It turns out Jeremy was right on the money, this was indeed Boeing Phantom Works' CBARS drone, and although the photos are low resolution, we get to see this aircraft in an entirely new way.
Jeremy McGough
Jeremy McGough
Jeremy McGough
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