Enye yezinkinga ezinkulu i-United States Navy ebonakala inayo isidingo sezindiza zayo zokulwa ukuze zikwazi ukufaka uphethiloli phakathi nendiza. Ngenxa yalesi sidingo, ngo-Okthoba 2017 banqume ukucela zonke izinkampani ezibasebenzele wethule iziphakamiso ezahlukahlukene zokwenza uphethiloli ophephile emoyeni.
Ngemuva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa zokulinda nokutadisha ukusebenza kweziphakamiso ezahlukahlukene ezifike kubo, kubonakala sengathi eyethulwe yiBoeing iyona ethakazelisa kakhulu, efanayo lapho, ngokusobala, kuzosetshenziswa i-drone ezimele, yize ingalawulwa kude, ukusheshisa yonke inqubo, okwamanje, eyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu futhi esebenzayo.
I-Boeing izophatha ukukhiqiza i-drone ekwazi ukuhambisa uphethiloli kuma-Navy fighters emoyeni
Le drone eyakhiwe futhi yenziwa yiBoeing uqobo ibhajadiswe ngokusemthethweni ngegama le- I-MQ-25 «Stingray«. Umqondo ukuthi idluliselwe kumkhumbi wempi wezempi isuka lapho ingaqala khona emoyeni ukuze, emizuzwini engemva kwalokho, iwele kumuntu oshayayo noma kunoma iyiphi enye indiza edinga ukufakwa uphethiloli. Umqondo ngukuthi ngohambo olulodwa kuphela i-drone ingathwala kufika ku-6.800 kilograms kaphethiloli ukwazi ukusuka kumuntu othwala izindiza ozihambisa kumamayela angama-500.
Enye imininingwane okufanele uyikhumbule ukuthi, okwamanje futhi ngenxa yemininingwane yeNavy, ekugcineni ephethe ukukhokhela iphrojekthi, idrone eyenzelwe iBoeing iyakwazi I-Fuel Boeing F / A-18 Super Hornet, iBoing EA-18G kanye nabalwi beLokheed Martin F-35C. Ngokwesitatimende esishicilelwe yiBoeing uqobo:
Uhlelo lwezindiza lweBoeing olungenamuntu lweBoeing luyahlolwa kakhulu ngaphambi kokwenza imibhikisho yokuqala ngonyaka ozayo emphemeni womkhumbi.