Boeing says 'great news' if MQ-28 drone can partner with F-35

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“If the F-35 is going to be its partner that is great news for me … it is designed to do exactly that,” Boeing Defense, Space and Security Chief Executive Ted Colbert told reporters on the sidelines of the Australia International Airshow.

Boeing is developing the MQ-28 Ghost Bat fighter-like drone in Australia alongside the Royal Australian Air Force, in what is the country’s first homegrown combat aircraft to be manufactured in more than 50 years.