Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Lockheed aims to begin production of its networked Sniper targeting pod in 2027, boosting F-35 connectivity.

Shield AI is progressing on building its initial X-BAT autonomous fighters after it announced that it had fired its thrust-vectoring engine for the first time.

BAE Systems has unveiled Brontanax, its eagerly awaited collaborative combat aircraft.

Pratt & Whitney Unveils ‘Valox’ CCA Engine Family

Boeing is considering multiple operational MQ-28 Ghost Bat production sites as it pursues markets for the collaborative combat aircraft (CCA).

Pratt & Whitney has named its new family of small, scalable collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) engines the Valox.

Boeing Defense, Space and Security CEO Steve Parker says the MQ-28, which appeared alongside MBDA Meteor missiles, is designed to quickly integrate weapons.

A refreshed Combat Air Strategy would accelerate collaborative combat aircraft, modernize the fighter fleet and reshape how the RAF intends to fight.

The UK’s new Storm Fire one-way attack drone has been designed to be mass produced through distributed manufacturing, the Royal Air Forced has confirmed.

Loyal Farnborough attendees will remember a decade ago when torrential rain forced an early end to one of the trade days. There is a different kind of storm brewing for this year’s air show.

The RAF's new collaborative combat aircraft program will act like a “guardian angel” and “attack dog” for crewed fighters, Defense Readiness Minister Luke Pollard says.

The Anduril YFQ-44 became the first U.S.-funded Collaborative Combat Aircraft to launch an air-to-air missile in flight.

In a wide-ranging interview with Aviation Week, the head of the UK Royal Air Force has said he wants to accelerate development of collaborative combat aircraft and field an operational capability before the end of the decade.

Sweden and Germany are exploring cooperation in CCA and a range of other activities spanning from electronic warfare to space.

German legislators have signed off on a highly anticipated CCA procurement, rapid space launch demo and plans to introduce a high-energy laser counter-drone capability.

Hanwha Aerospace and South Korea's Agency for Defense Development have unveiled prototypes of two domestically developed uncrewed aircraft system engines.

The next generation of RAF combat power will depend as much on autonomous systems and industrial resilience as on a new fighter aircraft.

BAE Systems is conceptualizing how to control and direct CCAs in battle using the wide-area display planned for the Eurofighter Typhoon.

A U.S. Air Force Boeing F-15EX and MQ-28A Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft have completed their first airborne integration.

The long-delayed UK Defense Investment Plan resolves uncertainty over some but not all weapons programs.

The Pentagon is creating a new high-level role tasked with overseeing the development of most of the military’s autonomous systems.

Canada’s Dominion Dynamics has raised a $100 million Series A round to further develop its Scout CCA and AuraNet command-and-control platform for the Arctic.

The tri-national Global Combat Air Program has emerged as the biggest winner from the UK government's Defense Investment Plan, although the funding comes at the cost of retiring helicopter and intelligence-gathering fleets as the military shifts some of those missions to uncrewed systems.

The Boeing MQ-28A Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft is participating in Exercise Valiant Shield, its first involvement in a major multinational exercise.