U.S. Navy Flies Australia’s Ghost Bat As It Studies CCA Plans

Boeing MQ-28 above the clouds

Boeing’s MQ-28 is informing both the Australian and American paths ahead with uncrewed combat aircraft.

Credit: Boeing
The U.S. Navy is Down Under operating Boeing Australia’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat alongside the Royal Australian Air Force while the American service is in the early days of determining the path ahead for its own Collaborative Combat Aircraft. The Navy lags the other U.S. services in early CCA plans The...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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