Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat Successfully Shoots Down Airborne Target in Historic Mission.

Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force successfully executed a force integrated air-to-air autonomous weapon engagement from an MQ-28 Collaborative Combat Aircraft, demonstrating its end-to-end combat capabilities. The mission involved an MQ-28 teaming with an E-7A Wedgetail and F/A-18F Super Hornet to destroy a fighter-class target drone, showcasing the power of crewed-uncrewed teaming. This historic achievement marks the first time an autonomous aircraft has completed an air-to-air weapon engagement with an AIM-120 missile.