Boeing Timeline

Events

• 2026-08-10 - Acquisition - Archer agrees to acquire Boeing’s Wisk Aero, Insitu and SkyGrid subsidiaries - Wisk adds six generations of autonomous eVTOL development and more than 1,700 flight tests. Insitu has built more than 3,500 uncrewed aircraft systems deployed across 35 countries and generates more than $200 million in annual revenue. SkyGrid contributes… - source: investors.archer.com
• 2026-05-19 - Production Milestone - U.S. Navy clears Boeing MQ-25A Stingray for low-rate initial production - The U.S. Navy cleared MQ-25A Stingray into low-rate initial production after Milestone C approval. The decision followed the first flight of a production-representative MQ-25A in April 2026. The milestone moves Boeing's carrier-based uncrewed aerial… - source: dvidshub.net
• 2026-03-31 - Partnership - Rheinmetall and Boeing establish German MQ-28 integration partnership - Rheinmetall is to act as a German system integrator, incorporating locally sourced sensors, effectors, communications and mission systems around Boeing’s MQ-28 platform. The partnership is structured to support German requirements and sovereign integration… - source: rheinmetall.com
• 2021-06-04 - Demonstration - MQ-25 T1 conducts first unmanned aerial refueling with Navy F/A-18 - The MQ-25 program completed the first aerial refueling operation between a manned receiver aircraft and an unmanned tanker. During the flight, the Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet approached Boeing's MQ-25 T1 test asset, completed formation and wake checks, and… - source: navair.navy.mil
• 2019-06-25 - Partnership - Kitty Hawk and Boeing partner on urban air mobility - The companies announced their strategic partnership on June 25, 2019. The collaboration paired Kitty Hawk's Cora electric-aircraft programme with Boeing's aerospace engineering and scale. Both parties framed the work around safe urban air mobility and the… - source: wisk.aero
• 2018-08-30 - Contract Award - U.S. Navy awards Boeing $805.3M MQ-25A Stingray design-build contract - The U.S. Navy selected Boeing for an $805.3 million engineering, manufacturing and development contract for MQ-25A Stingray. The contract covered design, development, fabrication, test and delivery of four MQ-25A air vehicles. The award established Boeing as… - source: navair.navy.mil