The Ghost Bat is being displayed with the Meteor missile here at Farnborough Airshow. Credit: Mark Wagner/Aviation-Images FARNBOROUGH, England—Boeing and MBDA on July 20 showcased the former’s MQ-28 ...

Their appearance together during Valiant Shield offers the strongest signal yet that the Eagle II will evolve into a controller for collaborative combat drones.

Farnborough Airshow 2026 opens July 20 with historic firsts: the Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat makes its Farnborough debut, two ...

The MQ-28 Ghost Bat’s Valiant Shield debut is the Pacific air war rehearsed in public, where uncrewed aircraft, human pilots, and scattered operators start learning how survival will work in the next ...

The MQ-28 is taking part in Valiant Shield, offering a glimpse at how it and other CCAs could fit into future coalition operations.

The RAAF's MQ-28 Ghost Bat drone has completed public flight trials to demonstrate its operational capabilities. Performed for select journalists, the flight of the Boeing Loyal Wingman took place at ...

Back in 2020, Boeing let the world know it is working on a new combat drone, one that is powered by an artificial intelligence system, and would be capable of working alongside crewed aircraft. It was ...

Boeing’s Australian subsidiary named its new uncrewed combat aerial vehicle on Monday, officially dubbing it the MQ-28A “Ghost Bat.” It named the drone after a creepy species of predatory bat found ...

Unlike its main competitors, the YFQ-42 Dark Merlin and YFQ-44 “Fury,” the MQ-28 Ghost Bat can carry anti-air missiles in internal weapons bays, keeping its low-observable characteristics intact.

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Boeing Defence Australia and the RAAF conducted a series of significant trials by teaming the Ghost Bat with the service’s major platforms, and will now conduct a live fire test. The live-fire test of ...

The Ghost Bat is an affordable combat mass option that can support other unmanned and manned assets. The MQ-28 Ghost Bat drone is set to fire an air missile in December. The promising Collaborative ...