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The guidance and control test milestone represents a significant step toward the longer-term goal, scheduled to be achieved by mid-2024, of an "end-to-end demonstration” that will see the A310 autonomously refuel a DT-25.

“Future refueling operations with the LMXT boom offer a number of possibilities and that future is not far off,” said Ken Moss, a retired U.S. Air Force tanker pilot and Lockheed Martin’s LMXT campaign manager.