Boeing, Lockheed Martin given $43 million each for MQ-25 for risk reduction activities

The Pentagon announced in Contract Release No: CR-184-16 on Sept. 23 that it has given both Boeing and Lockheed Martin $43 million each “to conduct risk reduction activities in support of the MQ-25 unmanned carrier aviation air system.”

US Navy's X-47B, AV-2, Bureau # 168064, of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23), conduct Air-to-Air Refueling (AAR) over the Chesapeake Bay on 16 April 2015.  VX-23 is part of the Naval Test Wing Atlantic in Naval Air Station Patuxent River,
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Danish F-16s, RAF MQ-9 involved in botched air raid that hit Syrian troops

The Danish Armed Forces has confirmed that two of its F-16s were involved in the air raid that unintentionally struck a Syrian government position on Sept. 17.

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