Role & capabilities
- Collaborative aircraft
- Runway operation
- Modular nose and mission-sensor configurations
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Collaborative aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Boeing Defence Australia
- Origin / production countries
- Australia
- Other names
- Airpower Teaming System; Loyal Wingman
- Variants / configurations
- Block 1 demonstrators; Block 2 ordered aircraft; Block 3 development
- Operators / programme customers
- Royal Australian Air Force programme customer
Evidence & current status
The cited order or production decision is distinct from delivery, operational acceptance and the eventual fleet size.
Role & programme
An Australian collaborative aircraft programme with modular mission payloads. A December 2025 government commitment covers six Block 2 aircraft and further Block 3 development.
Australia announced a A$1.4 billion programme boost on 9 December 2025. The award, demonstrated teaming and flight-test milestones establish a substantial programme, but an order for operational aircraft is not a statement that all six have been delivered. Boeing advertises modular sensor integration and high-subsonic performance. The public page does not disclose a complete endurance or payload-mass table, and those gaps remain explicit.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Jet-powered collaborative aircraft | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Launch / recovery | Runway operation | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Propulsion | Jet propulsion; engine model not specified on reviewed product page | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
| Mass | Up to 12,000 lb published maximum weight; page does not clearly define the weighing condition | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
| Range | More than 2,000 nmi advertised range | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Speed | Up to Mach 0.9 | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Altitude | More than 40,000 ft | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Payload | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | Modular nose and mission-sensor configurations | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Communications / navigation | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
Documented milestones
Block 2 procurement and Block 3 development
Australian government announced new contracts and programme funding.
Read the announcement ↗
Publication history
- — Expanded catalogue profile with sourced specifications, variant distinctions, programme evidence and explicit public data gaps.
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Follow the evidence
Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.
- Manufacturer product information (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme source
- Australian government programme award, 9 December 2025 (opens in a new tab)Government / operator