Overview

• Two MQ-28s conducted the first public flight at the Woomera test range, following completion of the RAAF-defined demonstration series.
• The 2025 trials validated autonomous mission execution, multi-ship operations, deployment to RAAF Base Tindal, teaming with an E-7A Wedgetail, and data fusion to a crewed platform.
• Boeing reports about 150 flight hours across six prototypes and more than 20,000 hours of virtual testing to date.
• Block 2 airframes are now in production, with three aircraft being built to incorporate the validated capabilities and underpin initial operational capability.
• The government is reported to be preparing roughly A$500 million in additional investment to scale manufacturing and buy more than the 11 aircraft on order, and Boeing says international interest has emerged.