Boeing is well on the way to getting its aerial refueling drone, the MQ-25 Stingray, onto the United States Navys aircraft carriers with steady work since 2017 and a 2019 contract award. With a recent post on X (formerly Twitter) that the MQ-25 has successfully simulated Joint Precision Approach Landing System (JPALS) the MQ-25 Stingray is approaching flight operations from US Navy aircraft carrier decks in 2026.