Boeing Hopes To Build On MQ-28 For U.S. Air Force’s CCA Contests

Brian Everstine June 09, 2023
Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat and MQ-25 Stingray

Boeing unveiled the MQ-28 (left) to journalists at its facility at MidAmerica Airport outside St. Louis, where it plans to open a production facility for the MQ-25 Stingray (right).

Credit: Brian Everstine/AW&ST
Boeing’s secretive MQ-28 Ghost Bat made its American debut in May, and now the company is testing its autonomy further as well as pitching the fleet and others to the U.S. and a growing list of interested countries. The MQ-28 Ghost Bat uncrewed system was developed with the Royal Australian Air...
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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