The U.S. Air Force is considering Boeing (NYSE: BA) Australia’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat drone as part of the service’s gameplan of teaming an unmanned platform with the forthcoming Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter.
Air Force officials are in “preliminary discussions” about purchasing the drone, previously known as Loyal Wingman, which could be a “risk reduction mechanism” for the NGAD platform, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said during an event in Australia last week, Breaking Defense reported. “I think there’s a lot of mutual interest in working together,” Kendall said. “And we’re gonna be sorting out the details over the next few weeks,” he said, according to the news outlet.
