Australia Boasts Most Advanced CCA Design On The Market

Boeing MQ-28 taking off

An MQ-28 Block 1 equipped with an infrared search-and-track sensor took off during a Sept. 5 demonstration flight.

Credit: Nick Haggarty/Australian Defense Department
Much has happened with the Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat on this vast, windswept test range deep in the Australian interior since the prototype autonomous combat aircraft began flying at RAAF Base Woomera in South Australia on Feb. 27, 2021. The U.S. Air Force may have coined the term “collaborative combat...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

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