Catch what’s new on the first day of the sprawling defense expo outside the German capital.

Several full-sized CCA aircraft or models are on display here, with company officials eager to talk up the latest updates.

The UK Royal Navy (RN) is progressing plans to undertake flight trials of a jet-powered Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) from a Queen Elizabeth-class (QEC) aircraft carrier by the end of next year. Speaking at the Defence Leaders CNE 2026 conference in Farnborough on 20 May, Commodore Steve Bolton, Deputy Director Aviation Programmes and Futures, said ...

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The Air Force wants about $1 billion to move Collaborative Combat Aircraft into production in fiscal 2027 and accelerate the introduction of this game-changing technology. Congress should support that objective.

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The Air Force has awarded contracts to General Electric Aerospace and Rolls-Royce to further hone their designs for engines that would power medium-thrust autonomous drones.

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An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter teamed up with a General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger drone in a recent test to refine the Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft concept, the company said in a May 27 statement.

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Steigende Kosten und wachsende Komplexität drohen Augustines Gesetz Wirklichkeit werden zu lassen. Doch Collaborative Combat Aircraft könnten den Ausweg weisen. … mehr...

The YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft has resumed flight testing after a six-week pause initiated when one of the drones crashed in early April.

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A combined Navy and Air Force program is seeking to build a smaller version of a ubiquitous air-to-air missile that could give advanced aircraft, such as the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, greater magazine depth in a high-end fight.

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今回は、KZから独立したことで、イヤホンメーカーとして再出発を果たした CCA から前回の記事でレビューした「CCA Xyrra」とほぼ同時期に登場した「CCA Phoenix」(不死鳥)をレビューしていきたいと思います […]

The Air Force put its semi-autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft in the hands of operators, not just engineers or test pilots, for a groundbreaking exercise last week.

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Pour le chef d’état-major de l’armée de l’Air & de l’Espace [CEMAAE], le général Jérôme Bellanger, il est essentiel de ne pas rater le virage de cette «petite révolution» qu’incarnent les drones de combat collaboratif [CCA] afin de pouvoir être en mesure de faire face à la «massification de la menace» désormais «installée avec la...

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GA-ASI confirmed a YFQ-42 crashed during take-off and testing has now been paused temporarily, with an investigation already launched. A prototype of the YFQ-42A Dark Merlin Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) crashed at the company-owned Gray Butte Airport near Palmdale, California on Apr. 6, 2025, reports said. GA-ASI […]

Retenu par l’US Air Force au titre du programme CCA [Combat Collaborative Aircraft], General Atomics Aeronautical Systems [GA-ASI] vient de connaître un coup dur après qu’un prototype du drone YFQ-42A «Dark Merlin» s’est écrasé dans le désert de Californie, le 6 avril. Cet accident l’a contraint à suspendre temporairement son programme d’essais en vol par...

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One of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ prototype Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones crashed shortly after takeoff April 6, and the company has paused its test flights while it investigates the incident.

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The Air Force is asking for nearly $1 billion in fiscal 2027 to start buying Collaborative Combat Aircraft in earnest, as a production decision on which semi-autonomous drones to buy looms.

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In einer strategischen Partnerschaft wollen Rheinmetall und Boeing das besatzungslose Kampfflugzeug MQ-28 von Boeing der Bundeswehr als Collaborative Combat Aircraft … mehr...

Ce n’est pas un hasard si, lors d’une visite en Australie, la semaine passée, le ministre allemand de la Défense, Boris Pistorius, a manifesté son intérêt pour le drone de combat collaboratif [CCA] MQ-28 «Ghost Bat», développé par Boeing Australia. «Nous sommes en train de finaliser nos procédures [d’achat] et nous prendrons une décision dès...

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Il y a quelques jours, dans le cadre de son partenariat conclu avec l’américain Kratos en 2025, Airbus Defence & Space a fait savoir qu’il était en train de préparer le premier vol d’un drone de combat collaboratif [CCA] XQ-58 «Valkyrie» équipé de son système de mission «européen et souverain» MARS [Multiple Autonomous Reconfigurable and...

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今回は、私が愛してやまないイヤホンメーカー、CCA ですが…この度、姉妹メーカーであった KZ から分離したとのこと…そんな新生 CCA から新たに登場した 1DD+1BA 構成イヤホンである「C […]

The Air Force’s nascent Collaborative Combat Aircraft program is beating former Secretary Frank Kendall’s goal of producing drone wingmen at about one-third the cost of an F-35, an official leading the effort said March 25.

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Anduril announced the start of the YFQ-44A’s production at its Arsenal-1 factory, with new manufacturing processes allowing to supply a large number of drones to the U.S. Air Force. Anduril’s YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) has entered serial production at the firm’s much touted Arsenal-1 factory in Ohio, the company and its founder Palmer […]

Anduril Industries has begun production of its YFQ-44A “Fury” Collaborative Combat Aircraft drone at its Arsenal-1 plant outside of Columbus, Ohio.

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En octobre dernier, le ministère néerlandais de la Défense signa une lettre d’intention en vue de rejoindre éventuellement le programme de drones de combat collaboratif [CCA] mené par le Pentagone afin d’accroître l’efficacité des chasseurs-bombardiers F-35A de l’US Air Force, et, à plus long terme, celle du F-47, le futur avion de combat de 6e...

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As the Air Force races to develop and field new semi-autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft, the service is also rethinking its production plan for CCAs—how many and how quickly—to replace the notional figures set several years ago.

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Ces derniers mois, afin de donner de la masse à leurs forces aériennes dans l’attente de la mise en service de chasseurs-bombardiers de nouvelle génération, plusieurs pays ont accentué leurs efforts pour développer des drones de combat collaboratif [CCA]. Tel est ainsi le cas des États-Unis, avec les YFQ-44 «Fury» d’Anduril, YFQ-42 «Dark Merlin» de...

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Just one year ago, Collaborative Combat Aircraft took center stage as then-Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin designated the two competing jets prototypes as the first unmanned fighters in Air Force history: General Atomics’ YFQ-42A and Anduril Industries’ YFQ-44A. Twelve months later, it’s the autonomy software that’s flying those aircraft garnering the attention. Autonomy software, more than…

The YFQ-44A CCA switched between Shield AI’s Hivemind and Anduril’s Lattice AIs during the same flight, completing tasks with both. Anduril Industries’ YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) flew with Shield AI’s Hivemind and Anduril’s own Lattice autonomous flight programs, both companies announced on Feb. 26, 2026. Notably, the drone also switched between software mid-flight, […]

The Air Force plans to put Collaborative Combat Aircraft in the hands of Airmen to experiment with the semi-autonomous drones this summer, Gen. Dale R. White said Feb. 25 at AFA’s Warfare Symposium.

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Anduril Industries flew its YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft with not one, but two different mission software systems Feb. 24, an Air Force official revealed at AFA’s Warfare Symposium.

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