Debrief: Boeing Details Digital Benefits Of MQ-28 Development

Boeing highlighted how digital engineering accelerated development of Australia’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat uncrewed combat aircraft by linking models, requirements, manufacturing data and test results in a common environment. Engineers could evaluate configurations and interfaces before building hardware, reducing redesign and allowing software and airframe work to proceed more concurrently. The approach supported rapid prototyping of a collaborative aircraft intended to fly with crewed fighters, and its lessons are relevant to future variants because a controlled digital baseline can simplify upgrades, production changes and integration of new payloads.