RTX, Shield AI Win Autonomy Roles For U.S. Air Force CCAs

rendering of 2 ccas

Mission autonomy software will control the behaviors of the YFQ-42 (left) and YFQ-44.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—RTX and Shield AI will supply the software “brains” for the first increment of the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) fleet, sources say. The RTX mission autonomy software suite will be integrated into the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI)...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

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