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Boeing's loyal wingman being developed for Australia is now officially the MQ-28A “Ghost Bat”. Australian officials said that the unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) has successfully completed its test flights. It was officially named at a...

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A second prototype of the Boeing Airpower Teaming System (ATS) has commenced flight tests at Australia’s Woomera Range Complex.

Boeing [NYSE:BA] Australia has expanded its flight-test program of the Boeing Airpower Teaming System, with two aircraft successfully completing

Back in March, Boeing’s Australia division announced the completion of the first flight test for the Loyal Wingman drone, also known as the Boeing Airpower Teaming System, or BATS. The defense contractor is of course very serious about this machine, and now has two examples of it flying.

The Boeing Loyal Wingman during its first flight. (Photo: Boeing) The new digitally engineered Boeing Loyal Wingman UAV went from design to the first flight in just three years. Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) announced on March 1, 2021, that the Loyal Wingman Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, known also as Airpower Teaming System (ATS) unmanned aircraft, has successfully flown for the first time. The test flight, which took place on February 27, was performed under the supervision of a...

Australia is not exactly the place people usually associate with aircraft making, and for a good reason. Over the past half a century, not a single military aircraft was designed there. That changed in 2019 when Boeing’s local division announced the Loyal Wingman.

NATHAN SCHMIDT and EVENTS: CITY Walk is getting into the holiday spirit with its “kaleidoscopic” Christmas tree, unique Christmas decorations designed by artist Stephen Mok, as well as family activities, giveaways and performances by local artists and roving carollers. Information here.  “DICKSON Sounds in the Village” has been bringing sounds alive in Dickson every Saturday for the past month, and will host its last performance featuring the Bec Taylor School of Music at Dickson Libr...