Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)

The U.S. Air Force announced April 24 that it selected General Atomics and Anduril to continue designs for the first phase of its CCA program.

Anduril and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will continue to design the first increment of the collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) for the U.S. Air Force.

About three years before its first scheduled fielding, the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft fleet has a new group of F-16-based testbed aircraft.

The Navy’s CCA target amounts to roughly half the Air Force’s target unit cost.

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The service will select two companies to begin building CCAs, though with a cost-sharing agreement to bring along a third.

The San Diego-based UAS, propulsion and sensor company decided not to offer a bid for a high-profile UAS program as a prime contractor.

As debate over design and cost continues, a group of military and industry experts eschewed most advanced Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

The service, blocked from starting new acquisition programs, used a long-standing autonomy demonstration effort to begin CCA work.

The service is embedding testers in the program office and company teams to develop a swift test timeline.

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The timely availability of UAS due to fleet maintenance issues has come into question–possibly jeopardizing mission objectives.

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The U.S. Air Force wants its early Collaborative Combat Aircraft to have range equal to or beyond that of fighter aircraft.

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