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An AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile is carried by an MQ-28A Ghost Bat during Trial Kareela at RAAF Base Woomera, South Australia. (Image: Defence)
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The MQ-28A Ghost Bat Collaborative Combat Aircraft appears to be moving ahead swimmingly. In a key milestone late last year, it was announced that a Ghost Bat aircraft had been deployed during trials at the Woomera Test Range in South Australia.
During the Kareela 25-4 trial, a Ghost Bat, operating as a loyal wingman to a Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail and an F/A-18F Super Hornet, fired an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile against an Australian-made Phoenix Jet uncrewed aerial target, destroying it.
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