Originally Posted by
Mil-26Man
Again, the RFI doesn't name the MQ-25 but yes, any ScanEagle type solution would need to be upscaled for a future large UAV to fly of the QE/PoW.
The RFI is for the MoD to see what potential solutions there might be, the only point I was making is that it might not be traditional cats and traps, which in turn might not require too much structural mods to the carriers.
I’d be surprised if at least one proposal is not a jet powered STOL UAV. It would need lift augmentation devices to perform a ski-jump take off and SRVL landing, but technologies to provide that are well known.