The US Air Force has begun ground testing for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, marking a major milestone in its effort to integrate autonomous systems into the future force. The CCA is an autonomous aircraft with fighter-like performance that…
In the same week that the US Air Force selected Boeing’s F-47 is its 6th generation Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) crewed fighter, California-based Anduril Industries is showing a model of its 6thgeneration YFQ-44 Fury autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)…
The US Department of the Air Force has selected Boeing as winner of the contract for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) Platform, the F-47. This will marking a major milestone in the…
The US Air Force has announced that its two Collaborative Combat Aircraft CCA) prototypes, the Anduril Fury and General Atomics XQ-67A, will receive official designations and will fly during the northern summer of 2025. This is the first time in…
US online publication Breaking Defense reports that the two companies selected by the US Air Force to develop Collaborative Combat Aircraft designs have completed what amounts to Critical Design Reviews of their competing designs. This milestone enables California-based Anduril Industries…
The US Air Force’s hypersonic test vehicle BOLT-1B has conducted a successful flight in northern Norway. It was launched from the Andoya Space Sub-Orbital launch site and reached an apogee of 154km. The term hypersonic refers to speeds greater than Mach 5,…
Californian company Joby Aviation has demonstrated autonomous airborne logistics operations during the US Air Force’s EX Agile Flag 24-3. It used a fully autonomous Cessna 208B Grand Caravan equipped with a suite of technologies developed by Xwing’s autonomy team, acquired…
The US Air Force Armament Directorate (AFLCMC/EB) and Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) have selected four companies to build prototype Enterprise Test Vehicles (ETV), drone prototypes capable of being manufactured cheaply and in large numbers and that can also be test…
With the FY2024 budget now approved, the US Department of the Air Force has selected Anduril and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) for detailed design, manufacture and testing of production representative test articles under the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)…
The US Air Force has flown a manned F-16 fighter against an uncrewed one, the X-62A VISTA, in a series of dogfights at Edwards Air Force Base. This is a world first and an important step towards fielding a so-called…