MQ-25 Stingray UAV basing assessment

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MQ-25 Stingray UAV basing assessment

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Apologies if this has already been posted, I couldn't find any mention after several thread searches.

Navy wants to base their west coast fleet of MQ-25 Stingray CBUAS tankers at Pt Mugu:

https://www.nepa.navy.mil/stingray/

A few interesting tidbits from the report:

Operation anticipated to begin 2024.
Total operation/year ~960 at peak
Bulk of training is virtual rather than actual flying
Closed pattern operations (i.e., multiple take-offs and landings without leaving the vicinity of the airfield) are
not anticipated for the Stingray CBUAS
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