Boeing Timeline

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• 2026-10-16 - Contract Award - Boeing awarded up to $80 million MQ-25A support contract - Contract N0001927D1006 was not competitively procured. Work is based in St. Louis and is expected to finish in October 2031. Funding will be obligated through individual orders; the ceiling is not booked proceeds, delivered aircraft or immediate expenditure. - source: war.gov
• 2026-10-05 - Contract Award - AeroVironment, Epirus, Kord and Boeing selected for JIATF-401 pilot - Selected systems are AeroVironment's P-HEL, Epirus' Leonidas, Kord's Firefly and Boeing's Compact Laser Weapon System. The evaluation will gather performance, cost, sustainment and operating-practice data in coordination with the FAA, U.S. Northern Command… - source: war.gov
• 2026-09-30 - Contract Award - Lockheed Martin awarded up to $57.7 million for MQ-25 MDCX software - The Navy obligated $14,124,363 at award, covering research and procurement funding. Work is scheduled through September 2027 in Marietta, Fort Worth and Patuxent River. The sole-source contract includes a qualification-tested software build and integrated… - source: defensewarroom.com
• 2026-08-10 - Acquisition - Archer agrees to acquire Boeing’s Wisk Aero, Insitu and SkyGrid subsidiaries - Wisk adds six generations of autonomous eVTOL development and more than 1,700 flight tests. Insitu has built more than 3,500 uncrewed aircraft systems deployed across 35 countries and generates more than $200 million in annual revenue. SkyGrid contributes… - source: investors.archer.com
• 2026-05-19 - Production Milestone - U.S. Navy clears MQ-25A Stingray for low-rate initial production - The decision followed the April 2026 first flight of a production-representative MQ-25A aircraft. Milestone C moved the carrier-based uncrewed refuelling programme from engineering development into initial production. The aircraft is intended to extend… - source: dvidshub.net
• 2026-04-27 - Demonstration - First production Boeing MQ-25 completes maiden flight - Louis Airport, Missouri, home of Boeing’s production facilities, accompanied by a company-owned TA-4J Skyhawk and a U.S. The flight, initially planned by the end of 2025, marks a major milestone in the service’s effort to field the first operational… - source: uasvision.com
• 2026-04-25 - Capability - Boeing MQ-25A completes first flight with Rolls-Royce power - The two-hour flight autonomously executed a programmed mission comprising taxi, take-off, flight manoeuvres and landing. The flight validated integration with the MD-5 ground control station as the programme moved toward carrier integration testing.… - source: mylearning.rolls-royce.com
• 2026-04-21 - Product Launch - Boeing outlines Chinook-launched drone-swarm concept - #26Summit pic.twitter.com/FK2zandPmx — Boeing Defense (@BoeingDefense) April 14, 2026 The Chinook would also be much better able to handle larger launched effects. Heather McBryan, the Vice President and H-47 Program Manager at Boeing, said the company is… - source: uasvision.com
• 2026-03-31 - Partnership - Rheinmetall and Boeing establish German MQ-28 integration partnership - Rheinmetall is to act as a German system integrator, incorporating locally sourced sensors, effectors, communications and mission systems around Boeing’s MQ-28 platform. The partnership is structured to support German requirements and sovereign integration… - source: rheinmetall.com
• 2025-03-25 - Demonstration - MQ-28 fleet completes 100th flight - The milestone followed the exact MQ-28 aircraft’s first flight in March 2021. The 100-flight campaign supported subsequent operational-effectiveness and multi-aircraft teaming demonstrations. MQ-28 remained a test and demonstration programme at the milestone… - source: boeing.com
• 2023-12-20 - Production Milestone - U.S. Navy accepts the first Boeing Orca XLUUV test asset - XLE0 was the Navy’s first delivered unmanned diesel-electric submarine test asset. The vehicle began in-water testing in Huntington Beach in spring 2023. The Navy said lessons from XLE0 would inform five follow-on Orca vehicles numbered XLUUV 1 through 5. - source: navsea.navy.mil
• 2023-08-28 - Executive Hire - SkyGrid appoints Jia Xu CEO as Boeing adds investment - Xu previously served as Honeywell Aerospace CTO for unmanned aerial systems and urban air mobility. His earlier work included autonomy and advanced-air-mobility roles at Airbus, General Atomics and RAND. SkyGrid said the Boeing investment would accelerate… - source: skygrid.com
• 2021-06-04 - Demonstration - MQ-25 T1 conducts first unmanned aerial refueling with Navy F/A-18 - The MQ-25 program completed the first aerial refueling operation between a manned receiver aircraft and an unmanned tanker. During the flight, the Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet approached Boeing's MQ-25 T1 test asset, completed formation and wake checks, and… - source: navair.navy.mil
• 2019-06-25 - Partnership - Kitty Hawk and Boeing partner on urban air mobility - The companies announced their strategic partnership on June 25, 2019. The collaboration paired Kitty Hawk's Cora electric-aircraft programme with Boeing's aerospace engineering and scale. Both parties framed the work around safe urban air mobility and the… - source: wisk.aero
• 2019-04-23 - Contract Award - Boeing awards Curtiss-Wright MQ-25 data-systems contract - The aircraft data-system solution supports the carrier-based unmanned aerial-refuelling programme. The engineering and manufacturing development contract covered four MQ-25 aircraft for the U.S. Navy. Curtiss-Wright said the programme would require six… - source: defense-solutions.curtisswright.com
• 2018-08-30 - Contract Award - U.S. Navy awards Boeing $805.3 million MQ-25A development contract - The fixed-price-incentive contract covered design, fabrication, testing, delivery and carrier-air-wing integration support. NAVAIR described MQ-25A as the first operational carrier-based unmanned refuelling aircraft. The programme focused its key performance… - source: navair.navy.mil