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Tyler Rogoway @Aviation_Intel
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Who wants to play crystal ball with tomorrow’s MQ-25 carrier based tanker drone contract announcement? I’ll start, and not saying it would be my choice or not, but i’m predicting General Atomics will win.
We don’t have data or pricing but GA’s likely can carry the most gas. Is based on an existing aircraft that has flown for years & they have Boeing on their team to help w/carrier environment ops & integration issues. It seems lowest risk & most focused option & Boeing still wins.
in addition, I don’t believe there is much excitement at all for this program where it matters most and i doubt it will make it to production. Culturally the contender that competes the least with manned systems probably has an advantage. GA seems to fit that bill.
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