{"id":6712655,"date":"2026-07-22T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/boeing-mq-28-ghost-bat-leonardo-european-partner-farnborough-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T10:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:16:01","slug":"boeing-mq-28-ghost-bat-leonardo-european-partner-farnborough-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/fr\/boeing-mq-28-ghost-bat-leonardo-european-partner-farnborough-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe Quietly Joins the Ghost Bat"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><p>Australia built the Ghost Bat. Europe, it turns out, has been quietly helping all along &mdash; and at Farnborough, Boeing finally said so out loud.<\/p><p>On 21 July, MQ-28 Program Global Director Glen Ferguson confirmed that Italy&rsquo;s Leonardo has become an official partner on the MQ-28 Ghost Bat, the uncrewed &ldquo;loyal wingman&rdquo; designed to fly alongside crewed fighters. Leonardo is not a newcomer: it has worked with the programme for eight years, contributing electronic systems. What changed at Farnborough is the formality &mdash; and the signal it sends to a European market suddenly hungry for combat drones.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 24px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px\"><div style=\"font-weight:700;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:.5px;color:#5C91FF;margin-bottom:10px;text-transform:uppercase\">Informations cl\u00e9s<\/div><table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px\"><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">A\u00e9ronef<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat (loyal-wingman CCA)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Nouvelles<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Leonardo confirmed as official European partner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Also joining<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Eton (payload launcher), Hensoldt (German market)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Announced by<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Glen Ferguson, MQ-28 Program Global Director<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">O\u00f9<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Farnborough Airshow, 21 July 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Milestones<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">200+ flight hours; 9 sorties at Valiant Shield 26<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A European bench, not just a European supplier<\/h2><p>Leonardo was not the only name on the slide. Eton, which builds the aircraft&rsquo;s payload launch system in both ITAR and non-ITAR variants, joined too, as did Germany&rsquo;s Hensoldt, brought in specifically for the German market. Ferguson framed the logic with a strategist&rsquo;s clarity: the aim is to build a library of capability inside partner companies, so that whatever a future customer asks for, the expertise is already on the bench rather than years away.<\/p><p>For a continent that has spent the past two years discovering how quickly its magazines empty, that promise of ready, sovereign capability is the entire sales pitch.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=375238017  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:32ye.c780\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/boeing-mq-28-ghost-bat-nose.jpg\" alt=\"MQ-28 Ghost Bat nose section\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The Ghost Bat&rsquo;s nose detaches with a handful of bolts, letting operators swap sensor packages between missions. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The airframe on the stand is already yesterday<\/h2><p>The Ghost Bat parked at Farnborough first flew five years ago &mdash; the second airframe ever built, now retired from flying as the programme moves on. Compared with the latest design it carries a wing a quarter smaller; newer jets gain roughly 3.3 metres of span for more fuel and range. Coming improvements include internal weapon bays (two AMRAAMs or four small-diameter bombs), a modular nose swapped with a handful of bolts, and beyond-line-of-sight communications.<\/p><p>Maturity, not spectacle, is the theme. Ghost Bat passed 200 flight hours last month and flew nine sorties in the U.S.-led Valiant Shield exercise, needing no fixed infrastructure and turning around between sorties in as little as 19 minutes. Boeing says the fleet could have flown well over 1,000 real hours by now, but the simulation is good enough that they &ldquo;fly to validate&rdquo; rather than to prove.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;Collaborative combat aircraft are critical to the future of air power &mdash; not a replacement for the crewed fighter, but a way to expand what a formation can do and distribute the risk.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Glen Ferguson<\/strong> &mdash; MQ-28 Program Global Director, Boeing<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Why the loyal wingman went shopping in Europe<\/h2><p>The display aircraft sat beside an MBDA Meteor, the European air-to-air missile, and Boeing says weapons integration work with MBDA is underway &mdash; possibly validated entirely in simulation. Add Leonardo, Hensoldt and a German sales focus, and the shape of the strategy is obvious: the Ghost Bat is being re-tailored for European buyers who want a drone they can help build and control themselves.<\/p><p>Below, a U.S. Air Force F-15EX and a Ghost Bat fly together over the Philippine Sea during Valiant Shield &mdash; a preview of the mixed crewed-and-uncrewed formations Europe is now being invited to buy into.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"max-width:550px;margin:0 auto 28px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?id=2072595137151291552&theme=light\" style=\"width:100%;height:520px;border:none;border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p>The Ghost Bat&rsquo;s long gestation has drawn criticism. But with European industry now formally aboard, Boeing has turned a slow-burning Australian project into something with a distinctly transatlantic future.<\/p><p><em>Sources: Boeing briefing at Farnborough (21 July 2026); The Aviationist; Australian Aviation; Boeing media room.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Articles similaires<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/boeing-mq-28-ghost-bat-farnborough-debut-2026\/\">The Ghost Bat Finally Came to Farnborough<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/loyal-wingman-cca-drones-farnborough-2026-explained\/\">Every Robot Wingman Unveiled This Week<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Farnborough, Boeing confirmed Italy&rsquo;s Leonardo as an official MQ-28 Ghost Bat partner 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