Tag: CCA

Heavy Reaper Losses Accelerate Air Force Push for 1,000 Combat Drones

Steve Schneider - September 15, 2026

The U.S. Air Force is expanding its combat-drone fleet to 500 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) and 500 Massed Modular Aircraft (MMA) by 2032, creating...

Anduril’s Drone Fighter Moves Closer to the Battlefield

Steve Schneider - August 20, 2026

The U.S. Air Force’s Experimental Operations Unit (EOU) is working with Anduril to move the YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) from prototype testing toward...

Valkyrie Drone Successfully Tests Beyond-Line-of-Sight Control

Steve Schneider - August 18, 2026

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that a missionized U.S. Marine Corps Valkyrie Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) successfully demonstrated electronic warfare capabilities and beyond-line-of-sight...

Navy Seeks Drone With 1,000-Nautical-Mile Radius to Better Protect Carriers

Steve Schneider - July 17, 2026

The US Navy has issued a Sources Sought notice and Request for Information (RFI) seeking industry concepts for next-generation unmanned carrier-based aircraft to support...

A New Era of Autonomous Airpower Begins

Steve Schneider - July 1, 2026

The US Air Force has selected Anduril to enter the production phase of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, marking a major milestone in...

Semi-Autonomous Fighter Takes Step Toward Real-World Deployment

Steve Schneider - April 20, 2026

The US Air Force’s CCA program is rapidly moving toward an operational combat drone force by decade’s end. Recent testing of Anduril's YFQ-44A showed...

Fury Drone Flies with AMRAAM in Major Step Toward Operational Capability

Steve Schneider - February 24, 2026

The US Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program has reached a new milestone with one of Anduril’s prototype YFQ-44A Fury uncrewed combat aircraft...

Brainpower for Future Combat Aircraft Announced

Steve Schneider - February 18, 2026

Shield AI has been selected as a mission autonomy provider for the US Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, contributing its Hivemind autonomy...

F-22 Conducts First Cockpit-Controlled Flight of MQ-20 Loyal Wingman

Steve Schneider - November 19, 2025

General Atomics revealed that an F-22 pilot successfully controlled an MQ-20 Avenger drone from the fighter’s cockpit during an October 17 test at the...