A carrier at sea controls a Boeing MQ-25 from more than 2,100 miles
The Navy said on Oct. 19 that USS Ronald Reagan, underway in the Pacific, used its MD-5C control station and a proliferated low-Earth-orbit link to connect to and control an MQ-25A Stingray at Boeing's Mascoutah, Illinois, facility, more than 2,100 miles away. The service called it the first underway connection between a carrier control center and an MQ-25A. The release does not say the aircraft was flying or that it refueled another plane.
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