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Efosa Udinmwen

US Navy plans for 'Air Wing of the Future' with next-generation, pilotless carrier-based 1,150-mile-range drones to fly alongside manned aircraft

A Boeing unmanned MQ-25 on the flight deck of the carrier USS George H.W. Bush. (MC3 Brandon Roberson/U.S. Navy).
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The US Navy has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking a new family of carrier-based drones which would operate alongside manned aircraft while supporting missions across the full range of naval combat operations.

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