Saab has unveiled its roadmap for its Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) program, a stealthy, supersonic ‘fighter drone,’ which could enter service in the 2030s with the Swedish Air Force and potentially other customers. Continue reading
Category Archives: CCA
Marine Corps Valkyrie Demonstrates BvLOS Command and Control in Flight at US Navy Test Range
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that a missionized United States Marine Corps’ (USMC) Valkyrie Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) successfully demonstrated Electronic Warfare (EW) capabilities and beyond line-of-sight (BLOS) command and control (C2) datalink in southern California in April 2026. Continue reading
First Anduril YFQ-44A Rolls Off Production Line
Anduril’s first Ohio-made unmanned, semi-autonomous aircraft rolled off the production line Monday, just four months after its beginning.
US Air Force Tests Collaborative Combat Aircraft at Creech Air Force Base
The future of air combat is being forged in the Nevada desert as the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft Experimental Operations Unit pushed the boundaries of semi-autonomous technology during a recent Agile Combat Employment exercise. Continue reading
BAE Systems Unveils UK’s First Collaborative Combat Aircraft at Farnborough
The prototype aircraft was designed and built by engineers at BAE Systems in Warton, Lancashire, home of the UK’s sovereign combat air industrial capability. More than 500 BAE Systems employees have been involved in the aircraft’s development to date, working with over 75 large companies and SMEs from across Britain’s world leading aerospace sector.
Anduril YFQ-44 Fires Live Air-to-Air Missile in Landmark CCA Test
A YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft conducting live-fire testing over the Mojave Desert, Calif. The live-fire test was performed in coordination with the 412th Test Wing’s Air Dominance Combined Test Force, a team consisting of active-duty military, government civilians, and government contractors, who worked to refine and validate the models required for a safe live-fire execution. Continue reading
F-15EX Flies with CCA Drone in the Pacific
The U.S. Air Force got a glimpse into the future this week as an F-15EX Eagle II fighter flew alongside an unmanned Collaborative Combat Aircraft during a major Pacific exercise. Continue reading
US Air Force Selects Both General Atomics and Anduril for CCA Production
The Department of the Air Force awarded several contracts for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, including Increment 1 air vehicles as well as mission autonomy software, in a push to rapidly field advanced combat capabilities. Continue reading