Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)

By Guy Norris
Zulu Pods plans to conduct a series of ground-based altitude chamber tests of its self-contained oil tank and pump system on expendable small gas turbines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A weapons and combat aircraft manufacturing complex is rising out of Ohio soybean fields, representing Anduril’s bid to disrupt the defense industrial base.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy has created a program office charged with developing Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) for the service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK has shortlisted seven bidders in its hunt to find an ACP that could operate as a loyal wingman to its Boeing Apache attack helicopters in the 2030s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
An Anduril-made sensor passively detected and targeted another aircraft from an autonomously commanded Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) for the first time.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc. has signed up an Emirati company to co-produce MQ-9B Sea Guardians.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ new surface-to-surface missile (SSM) program has entered an advanced flight-test phase.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Luminary Cloud, a U.S. startup applying artificial intelligence to physics-based engineering simulation, has expanded its range of design models.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
A series of recent demonstrations have familiarized Boeing F/A-18E/F and Lockheed Martin F-35C pilots with Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman will provide the autonomy software for the U.S. Marine Corps first loyal wingman uncrewed system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is reshaping its acquisition program leadership under direction from top Pentagon leadership.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The European Union is to support research and technology efforts on the development of small turbofan engines for CCAs.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force announced Dec. 22 that it has designated the Northrop Grumman Project Talon uncrewed aircraft prototype the YFQ-48A.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force has expanded the pool of competitors vying for the second increment of Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Astro Mechanica plans to take its hybrid-electric supersonic engine into high-altitude and high-speed ground testing in 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Jouppi
The decade-long demand outlook for military aircraft has jumped 30% over the past year, reaching $250 billion.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. is 250 years old in 2026. Its leading aerospace and defense companies face growing competition, domestically and internationally, from younger players.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine, Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
A new U.S. strategy recalibrates global security posture from foreign intervention to homeland protection.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Competition to power the emerging collaborative combat aircraft market is intense, with U.S. and international plans to spend billions in the next five years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force have conducted the first air-to-air live-fire test of the MQ-28 Ghost Bat, with the CCA firing an AIM-120 Amraam.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman’s Scaled Composites on Dec. 3 unveiled Project Talon, the company’s latest design of an uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Japan has completed a series of proof-of-concept flights involving multiple scaled collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) and MUM-T from a helicopter.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force for the past year has faced an internal debate that ultimately upended the service’s top leadership.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
An F-22 fighter and an uncrewed jet collaborated in the skies over a remote area of Nevada in a company-funded demonstration, GA-ASI says.
Aircraft & Propulsion