U.S. Navy Looking To Field ‘Surrogate’ CCAs As Program Begins

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks in front of a Boeing MQ-28 at NAS Point Mugu, California, in December 2025.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks in front of a Boeing MQ-28 at NAS Point Mugu, California, in December 2025.

Credit: U.S. Defense Department
The U.S. Navy is looking to bring on surrogate collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) to learn how to operate the uncrewed systems as it starts to develop its own. The Navy on Aug. 31 published a request for information (RFI) for the first increment of its own CCA program, following the Air Force’s...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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