The mission marks the first time an autonomous aircraft has carried out an air-to-air weapon engagement with AIM-120.

The announcement follows confirmation that an Australian-designed and manufactured MQ-28A Ghost Bat Collaborative Combat ...

Australia said on Tuesday it had struck a A$1.4 billion ($930 million) contract with Boeing Defence Australia for six ...

The Ghost Bat was controlled from aboard an RAAF E-7A Wedgetail and received targeting data from an F/A-18F Super Hornet before firing the AIM-120. Boeing ...

Australia will sign a contract with Boeing for an initial six MQ-28 Ghost Bat drones, moving the program from trials into ...

Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have carried out the first live air-to-air missile firing by an MQ-28 Ghost ...

The Collaborative Combat Aircraft operated for the first time outside of the Woomera Training Area during Exercise Carlsbad in April 2025 at RAAF Tindal, which hosts F-35A and MQ-4C units. Early in ...

Australia’s first home-grown combat aircraft in over 50 years is set to move from prototype to production, with the federal government set to announce more than $1 billion in funding to boost ...

Boeing plans an air-to-air weapons test using the Ghost Bat. Credit: Robert Wall/AW&ST The Royal Australian Air Force is looking to crystallize its plans around collaborative combat aircraft in the ...

An Australian-made, AI-powered lethal drone could soon become a ‘fully operational war fighting’ asset for the Australian ...