MQ-28 Ghost Bat flies in multinational CCA exercise with F-35s

Boeing’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft participated in Exercise Valiant Shield 2026 alongside coalition F-35s, signaling practical adoption of crewed-uncrewed teaming tactics in joint operations. The article also notes a live-fire event where MQ-28 launched an AIM-120 AMRAAM to destroy a drone, indicating an armed CCA role beyond ISR/EW support.