The federal government has abandoned plans to develop a $800 million Ghost Bat drone as a lethal weapon. The aircraft will now be designed as an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform.

More than 100 hours of physical flight have taken place since the first flight of MQ-28 Ghost Bat uncrewed aerial system (UAS) four years ago and this has been underpinned by approximately 20,000 ...

While the Defence Force has been criticised over its slow uptake of drones, Conroy revealed the Ghost Bat would shortly mark a major milestone and undertake test flights alongside manned planes ...

Concerns are mounting over the future of Australia’s $1bn Ghost Bat drone program as it ­approaches the end of its funding and defence experts warn it could become an “orphan” capability ...

Assistant Defence Minister Matt Thistlethwaite discusses the government shelving its plan to develop Ghost Bat as lethal killer drones as instead they will be used for intelligence and ...