- February 21st, 2026
Boeing’s MQ-28A Ghost Bat uncrewed combat aircraft is edging closer to operational service with its launch customer, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), even as the program prepares to take a major technological leap with the upcoming Block 3 configuration....
Boeing Defence Australia has completed a landmark weapons test that could redefine the future of autonomous air combat. On December 9, 2025, the company confirmed that an MQ-28A Ghost Bat — a next-generation Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) designed to operate...
The U.S. military will deploy high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicles, specifically the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton, from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa “for an indefinite period,” Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on April 8. The move is being...