While most of the information at the link below is dated, the article itself is relatively recent and provides an interesting "how to" for doing autonomous and semi-autonomous UCAV flight testing. Some of BAE's "walk before you run" approach is described, which may offer clues to future testers.
A bit of an enigma is the mysterious "Third Phase" of testing mentioned in the article. Anything written here would be purely conjecture, but a few years ago NASA did some work along with DARPA on the idea of "packs" of autonomous vehicles working together to improve effectiveness and survive-ability in contested airspace. There is no talk in the article about more than a single vehicle, but a digital surrogate could easily have been injected into scenarios to evaluate multi-ship software.
But, hey... what do I know?
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2016-07-07/taranis-flight-test-details-described
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