France Broadens CCA Ambitions With 2028 Rafale Trial

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The French air force plans to experiment with collaborative combat aircraft working with the Rafale in 2028.

Credit: Tony Osborne/Aviation Week
The French air force will trial a collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) with a Dassault Rafale in 2028 as the service prepares to embrace autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI) to boost the lethality and survivability of its crewed platforms. The flight trials with a yet-to-be-selected CCA form...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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