Enye yeengxaki ezinkulu uMkhosi waseMelika waseMelika abonakala ngathi unazo yimfuneko yokuba iinqwelo zakhe zokulwa zikwazi ukuphinda zongeze phakathi kuhambo lwenqwelomoya. Ngenxa yesi sidingo, ngo-Okthobha u-2017 bagqibe kwelokuba bacele zonke iinkampani ezibasebenzeleyo bonisa izindululo ezahlukeneyo zokwenza i-refueling ekhuselekileyo emoyeni.
Emva kweenyanga ezininzi zokulinda kunye nokufunda malunga nokusebenza kwezindululo ezahlukeneyo ezize kubo, kubonakala ngathi leyo iboniswe nguBoeing yeyona inomdla kakhulu, efanayo apho, kuyabonakala ukuba, kuya kusetyenziswa i-drone ezizimeleyo, nangona inokulawulwa ukude, ukukhawulezisa yonke inkqubo ethi, ngoku, inzima kwaye inzima.
I-Boeing iya kujongana nokwenza i-drone ekwaziyo ukubonelela ngamafutha kumlo wamanzi oMkhosi womoya
Le drone yenzelwe kwaye yenziwa nguBoeing uqobo ibhaptizwe ngokusemthethweni ngegama lika UMQ-25 «Stingray«. Umbono kukuba idluliselwe kwinqanawa yomkhosi ukusuka apho inokumiliselwa khona emoyeni ukuze, emva kwemizuzu, iwele kumlo okanye nayiphi na inqwelomoya efuna ukugcwaliswa. Umbono kukuba ngohambo olunye kuphela idrone Inokuthwala ukuya kwi-6.800 kilograms zepetroli ukubanakho ukumka kumphathi wenqwelomoya oshukumisela ukuya kuthi ga kwiimayile ezingama-500.
Enye inkcukacha ekufuneka igcinwe engqondweni kukuba, okwangoku kwaye ngenxa yeenkcukacha zomkhosi wamanzi, ophetheyo ukuhlawulela iprojekthi, idrone eyenzelwe nguBoeing inakho I-Fuel Boeing F / A-18 Super Hornet, iBoeing EA-18G kunye neLokheed Martin F-35C. Ngokwengxelo epapashwe nguBoeing uqobo:
Inkqubo yenqwelomoya ye-Boeing ye-MQ-25 engagunyaziswanga iphantsi kovavanyo olunzulu ngaphambi kokwenza imiboniso yokuqala kunyaka olandelayo kumgangatho wenqanawa.