Hundreds of millions of dollars are set to be poured into Australia's "world leading" drone the federal government says can match anything China produces.

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Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy visited South Australia's top-secret Woomera range on Friday, declaring he was "absolutely satisfied" with Boeing's MQ-28 Ghost Bat drone.

But he wouldn't confirm when the aircraft can expect to enter service.

"I'm not going to get ahead of government decision making, but I will say that so far ... they've been hitting every miles

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