I hate the cost, but certainly a cool concept. An even better concept is a seaplane version that can be deployed from amphibs or barges. On Wed, May 13, 2026 at 2:12 PM Harold Brattland <habrattland@arvig.net> wrote:
Program development cost....production first ships still on manufacture line. Navy thinking about longer wing, land based model as a main tanker. by Boeing. Next phase is implementing a probe for drone to drone refueling.
On 5/13/2026 12:25, Michael Fuqua wrote:
$180 million a copy! [image: maxresdefault.jpg]
Deep Intel on the Navy's New Carrier-Based Drone <https://youtu.be/1p5Txz6uhOE> youtu.be <https://youtu.be/1p5Txz6uhOE> <https://youtu.be/1p5Txz6uhOE>
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