Aviation Week Network reports, “Boeing will launch construction in Australia later this year of the company’s first final assembly facility outside of North America in a move that commits to further production of the MQ-28 Ghost Bat beyond the first 13 aircraft ordered so far by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).”
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RAAF Designates Loyal Wingman as MQ-28A Ghost Bat
Aviation Week reports that the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has “designated the Boeing Airpower Teaming System, or Loyal Wingman, as the MQ-28A Ghost Bat. The naming is another milestone for the program as it continues development and testing.”
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Boeing to Test MQ-28 Ghost Bat Missile in Late 2025 or Early 2026
Aviation Week reports, “Boeing plans to fire an air-to-air missile from its MQ-28 Ghost Bat uncrewed combat aircraft demonstrator late this year or early next, as part of an effort to accelerate the system’s development, says Steve Parker, acting head of BoeingDefense, Space and Security. Boeing has now flown 102 missions with the system it has designed and built in Australia. The system ‘is really maturing,’ Parker told reporters here at the Avalon Australian International Airshow.”
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