Unmanned Combat Aircraft

Turkey's Bayraktar Kizilelma unmanned combat aircraft has achieved a historic milestone, successfully conducting the first beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile test against a jet-powered target. The November 29 trial over the Black Sea demonstrated the integration of indigenous Turkish systems including AESA radar and the Gökdoğan missile.

Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) conducted the first live air-to-air missile firing by an MQ-28 Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft on December 9, 2025. The test saw the MQ-28 destroy a fighter-sized aerial target using a Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM missile during an operationally representative mission.