Autonomous aerial refueling systems are becoming increasingly important in both military and civilian aviation. These systems allow unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to refuel in mid-air without the ...

The Navy's X-47B unmanned fighter has hit yet another milestone, successfully refueling in mid-air over the waters off Maryland and Virginia. With every milestone, the X-47B seems just a little ...

Though the United States has the world’s largest air-to-air refueling tanker fleet ... A prototype for the United States Navy’s new unmanned tanker is scheduled to deploy aboard American ...

"These systems will initially support the MQ-25 but also future unmanned systems such as Collaborative Combat Aircraft that comprise the Air Wing of the Future." Aerial refueling from the MQ-25 T1 ...

A year later, the Unmanned Combat Air System demonstration project ended. The X-47B was just a demonstration, a proof of concept. However, the project led to the Carrier-Based Aerial Refueling ...

Conducted by DARPA in coordination with the Navy’s unmanned maritime systems program office (PMS-406) and USV Squadron 1 (USVRON-1) using the USVs Ranger and Mariner, the test demonstrated refueling ...

Presently, two aerial refueling methods are practiced. One method uses a hose-drogue-probe assembly for the delivery of fuel. Alternatively, probe-drogue refueling (PDR) involves coupling a probe on a ...

No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program recently completed its first successful test of at-sea refueling designed for use ...

The US Air Force's MQ-9 Reaper is a remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle ... the Reaper can stay in the air for about 20 hours without refueling. The MQ-9 Reaper has been involved in a ...