U.S. Navy Goes Big On CCAs For Future Carrier Air Wing

Northrop Grumman X-47 demonstrator

The U.S. Navy requirements for a carrier-based CCA recall the size and performance of the Northrop Grumman X-47 demonstrator.

Credit: Northrop Grumman
If form follows function, three of the U.S. military services have very different ideas about how to employ the emerging class of semi-autonomous fighters known as collaborative combat aircraft. The U.S. Air Force selected the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) FQ-42 and Anduril FQ...
Steve Trimble

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

U.S. Navy Goes Big On CCAs For Future Carrier Air Wing is available to both Aviation Week & Space Technology and AWIN subscribers.

Subscribe now to read this content, plus receive critical analysis into emerging trends, technological advancements, operational best practices and continuous updates to policy, requirements and budgets.

Already a subscriber to AW&ST or AWIN? Log in with your existing email and password.