MQ-25 - Drones on Board....???

[Reams Goodloe]

http://www.boeing.com/defense/mq25/index.page?utm_source=defenseone&utm_medium=adbanner&utm_campaign=2018%20bds%20mq-25&utm_content=creative

Looks like the refueling bots are about ready...

Reams

[A. Niemyer]

At least according to Boeing’s sales and marketing department. I’ll wait until the folks at Pax River have their say.

Best,
Andy

[Dave Siciliano]

Open the Pod Bay doors Hal :-)

[Bruce Gorrell]

At least according to Boeing’s sales and marketing department. I’ll wait until the folks at Pax River have their say.

Best,
Andy

...We have been delivering aircraft to the flight deck for over 90 years...

I certainly don't remember any Boeing aircraft on any flight deck I was on.

[Bruce Gorrell]

I think this is the last aircraft Boeing delivered to the carrier

[B.Butler]

Well, if you believe that one can buy history, they sort of have a point:

[Russell Holton]

Well, if you believe that one can buy history, they sort of have a point:

The name on the data plate isn't as important as the people/culture. The question is what happened to the talent that did design the stuff that occupied the flight deck. Given that they combined 20 years ago, I'd wonder about how much know-how was passed down.

[Reams Goodloe]

Russell -

Well, they've been pumping F/A-18's out of St Louis since the merger (21 years ago).... ....and after a recent lull in the action, looks like they have production lined up for a few years...

https://www.boeing.com/features/2018/02/super-hornet-navy-delivery-02-18.page

Reams

[Bruce Gorrell]

Russell -

Well, they've been pumping F/A-18's out of St Louis since the merger (21 years ago).... ....and after a recent lull in the action, looks like they have production lined up for a few years...

https://www.boeing.com/features/2018/02/super-hornet-navy-delivery-02-18.page

Reams

I know it's nitpicking, but those are McDonnell Douglas airplanes. The point of the ad is that they have been providing aircraft to carriers for 90 years. They haven't. McDonnell Douglas did for 70 of those years.

[Terry Carraway]

Yeap, a BIG difference between building a mature airframe and designing/developing one.