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High-speed aircraft developer Hermeus has begun taxi tests of its Pratt & Whitney F100-229-powered Quarterhorse Mk. 2.1 supersonic flight demonstrator.

The U.S. Marine Corps has selected General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. to participate in its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program.

Kratos Defense has hinted that the XQ-58 Valkyrie has a possible future as a launch platform and host in Taiwan.

The U.S. military kicked off the competitive phase of the $1.1 billion Drone Dominance Program by selecting the first 25 companies in the pool of bidders.

The U.S. military is opening a second acquisition track for affordable and mass-producible missiles.

A series of recent demonstrations have familiarized Boeing F/A-18E/F and Lockheed Martin F-35C pilots with Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

Northrop Grumman will provide the autonomy software for the U.S. Marine Corps first loyal wingman uncrewed system.

L3Harris plans to double production next year of Kratos-designed Zeus solid rocket motors for hypersonic vehicles, the company said on Dec. 23.

Elroy Air has begun point-to-point cargo delivery test flights with its Chaparral hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed aircraft.

Kratos is looking at was to operationalize its hypersonic systems developed for testing.

GE Aerospace is developing a small turbofan engine for midsized Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

The time for the XQ-58 Valkyrie has almost come.

The tests were conducted at a newly expanded test facility at Purdue University’s Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories.

Kratos Defense will use the Hermeus high-speed Quarterhorse aircraft as part of its support work for the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency’s MACH-TB program.

We will soon find out whether the high entry barriers around jet engines have diminished and how they are affecting countries that seek greater self-sufficiency.

The U.S. Air Force could start forming new squadrons filled exclusively with Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) at bases yet to be determined, the nominee for chief of staff said on Oct. 9.

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The U.S. Navy has flown surrogates for future Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) with a version of Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is to manufacture startup Elroy Air’s Chaparral for delivery to U.S. commercial and defense customers under an exclusive agreement.

A tie-up between Kratos Defense and Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology has produced the Mighty Hornet-IV loitering munition.

Kratos will be ready to deliver 15-20 XQ-58 Valkyrie aircraft to customers in 2026.

Boom has begun manufacturing parts for the initial test core of the Overture’s Symphony supersonic engine at its Denver facility.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

As the U.S. Marine Corps aviation branch shuffles its tactical aviation force structure, the XQ-58 suddenly looms large in force structure plans.

A U.S.-made copy of Iran’s Shahed loitering munition highlighted a display of 18 drones and loitering munitions at the Pentagon.