Boeing And Royal Australian Air Force Achieve Key Milestone In Combat Aircraft Development
Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have successfully conducted the first live air-to-air missile firing by an MQ-28 Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft. The test saw the MQ-28 destroy a fighter-sized aerial target using a Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM missile during an operationally representative mission, flying alongside an RAAF E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft and an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter. The achievement demonstrates the aircraft’s ability to operate as part of a networked force, sharing sensor and targeting data across platforms. According to Boeing, the missile integration was completed in under eight months, thanks to the aircraft’s open-architecture design and modular mission systems. This milestone was reported by AeroTime.