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 "slug": "australia-mq-28a-ghost-bat-germany-launch-export-customer-government-to-government-2024-heavy-weapons-carrier",
 "title": "Australia Pitches MQ-28A Ghost Bat to Germany; Deal Modelled on 2024 Heavy-Weapons-Carrier Arrangement",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/australia-mq-28a-ghost-bat-germany-launch-export-customer-government-to-government-2024-heavy-weapons-carrier/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/australia-mq-28a-ghost-bat-germany-launch-export-customer-government-to-government-2024-heavy-weapons-carrier/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-05-29T20:33:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:53:10.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanberra, 29 May 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Australian defence-industry minister Pat Conroy told hartpunkt on 29 May that Germany sits 'right at the front' of potential MQ-28A Ghost Bat export customers, making the vendor's case that the platform is the only one able to meet Germany's 2029 CCA timeline\n * Canberra has called a government-to-government deal modelled on the 2024 heavy-weapons-carrier arrangement 'definitely an option' — shifting part of delivery risk to Australia, with Rh",
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  "germany"
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 "tags": [
  "defense-industry",
  "drones-uav",
  "air-space",
  "dez-german-defense-zeitenwende"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "airbus",
  "bundeswehr",
  "fcas",
  "germany",
  "rheinmetall"
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