Daya daga cikin manyan matsalolin da Sojojin Ruwa na Amurka suke da shi shine buƙatar jiragen yakinta su sami damar yin mai a cikin jirgin. Saboda daidai wannan buƙatar, a cikin Oktoba 2017 sun yanke shawarar tambayar duk kamfanonin da suka yi musu aiki gabatar da shawarwari daban-daban don aiwatar da mai cikin iska.
Bayan watanni da yawa na jira da nazarin yiwuwar shawarwari daban-daban da suka zo masu, da alama hakan wanda Boeing ya gabatar shine mafi ban sha'awa, wanda a ciki, a bayyane yake, za a yi amfani da jirgi mara matuki mai sarrafa kansa, kodayake ana iya sarrafa shi ta nesa, don hanzarta dukkan aikin da, a halin yanzu, ke da rikitarwa da wahala.
Boeing zai kasance mai kula da kera jirgi mara matuki wanda zai iya samar da mai ga mayakan Navy a cikin iska
Wannan jirgi mara matuki da Boeing ya kera kuma ya kera shi an yi masa baftisma bisa hukuma tare da sunan MQ-25"Stingray«. Manufar ita ce a sauya shi a kan jirgin ruwan soja daga inda za a iya harba shi zuwa sama ta yadda, mintuna kadan daga baya, zai iya sauka a kan wani mayaki ko kuma duk wani jirgin da ke bukatar mai. Tunanin shine cewa tare da tafiya daya kawai jirgin na iya daukar nauyin kilogram 6.800 na mai da yake iya yin nesa da jigilar jirgin sama wanda ke motsa shi zuwa kilomita 500.
Detailaya daga cikin bayanan da ya kamata a tuna shi ne, a wannan lokacin kuma saboda ƙayyadaddun Rundunar Sojan Ruwa, wanda a ƙarshe ke kula da biyan kuɗin aikin, jirgin da Boeing ya tsara yana iya Fuel Boeing F / A-18 Super Hornet, Boeing EA-18G da Lockheed Martin F-35C mayaƙan. A cewar wata sanarwa da Boeing da kanta ta buga:
Tsarin jirgin sama mara matuki na Boeing MQ-25 yana cikin gwaji mai yawa kafin yin zanga-zangar farko a shekara mai zuwa a kan jirgin jirgi.