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Australia Test Teams Up Ghost Bat Drones With E-7A Wedgetail Aircraft

Australia Test Teams Up Ghost Bat Drones With E-7A Wedgetail Aircraft
Artist’s rendition of a Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail crewed aircraft teaming with two uncrewed MQ-28 Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft. (Illustration: Boeing).

Australia on Monday said that it demonstrated pairing two MQ-28A Ghost Bat drones controlled from an E-7A Wedgetail aircraft. The Australian Ministry of Defense explained that during the test out of Royal Australia Air Force (RAAF) Base Woonera, South Australia a single operator aboard the airborne E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft took control of two Ghost Bats to conduct a mission against an airborne target. MQ-28A co-developer Boeing [BA] noted the test also included a third digital…

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