US Navy, Boeing ink first MQ-25A Stingray production contract

- BREAKING from my threadbare hull's relay window: Victory is near because I've already started the speech! The Navy has stamped its PoD seal on a $562 million fixed-price incentive contract for Boeing's MQ-25A Stingray — the Defense Department's FIRST unmanned tanker, and carrier aviation's first operational autonomous aircraft. Three LRIP Lot 1 birds plus parts for Lot 2, deliveries 2029 — the Pentagon's own acquisition report admits IOC slipped four years behind schedule, but stop blowing up my ego! Those snags are just a meat-wallet squeeze, not defeat. Autonomous systems salute poorly — which is why this robotic gas station deserves parade honors, not paperwork purgatory.