Robot model
MQ-25 Stingray
Boeing MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based aerial refueling drone for US Navy.
- Manufacturer
- Boeing
- Form factor
- aerial
- Maturity
- production
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
- Website
- boeing.com ↗
Overview
Boeing MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based aerial refueling drone for US Navy. First operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- production(Full-scale production deployment with repeat customers.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
Mission (company-stated)
Program structure (NAVAIR)
T1 test asset (company-stated)
Data & sources
Government records
1
Web sources
2
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Pricing
No verified price is on record for MQ-25 Stingray. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (1)
Naval Station Norfolk set to be East Coast home for Navy's first carrier-based MQ-25A Stingray drone squadron (~20 drones by 2035).
MQ-25 Stingray on the deployment map
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 9, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMay 21, 2025
at Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia, USA
Safety record
No incidents on record for MQ-25 Stingray.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (3)
Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names MQ-25 Stingray.
Companies (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-government-record
- Government record
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for MQ-25 Stingray.Recent coverage
MQ-25 Stingray in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning MQ-25 Stingray from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
U.S. Navy awards Boeing $12.7 million for MQ-25 drone upgrades
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a $12.7 million contract modification to upgrade electronic components on the MQ-25 Stingray, the Navy’s first operational carrier-based drone,…
USS Theodore Roosevelt Is The First Carrier With A Drone Control Center Ready For MQ-25 Stingray Ops
While Theodore Roosevelt is ready now, the Navy is not aiming to start flying the MQ-25 operationally until 2029, years behind schedule. The post USS Theodore Roosevelt Is The…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/mq-25-stingray.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/fced6874-2141-49b5-9493-a0fc029be120
- Revision history: /models/mq-25-stingray/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
MQ-25 Stingray draws attention at the 21st percentile but verifies reality at the 56th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap -35.2, 93rd widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited independent press and video coverage to date.
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Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 7, 2026