Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)

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

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

Geopolitical tensions create a demand for carrier deployments that is not likely to abate soon.

A market survey released by the Air Force calls for higher engine thrust than what candidates for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft have flown so far.

The U.s. Air Force Special Operations Command plan is called the Adaptive Airborne Enterprise.

Top officials argue the service cannot push too far on autonomy, warning of requirements creep dragging down the schedule and increasing costs.

Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are vying for the NGAD program while the three military services are teaming on uncrewed aircraft development.

The differentiator in military programs is shifting from platforms to software. Listen in to hear how this change is transforming industry.

The service seeks shift from one-for-one replacement of KC-135s and C-17s to a series of aircraft, from the basic to the exquisite.

Ghost Bat makes its first U.S. appearance for testing; Boeing wants to leverage it in developing collaborative combat aircraft

On the path to developing autonomous, high-performance, uncrewed combat aircraft, the U.S. Air Force now has tools for early testing and experimentation.

A yearslong campaign to define a new U.S. air superiority fighter will reach a climax when a development contact is awarded in 2024.

The U.S. Air Force is designing its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program—uncrewed systems that will fly alongside future fighters—to be fielded in increments.

Capitol Hill is supportive of the Pentagon’s, and particularly the U.S. Air Force’s, plan to develop large numbers of uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

The companies, services and people dependent on today’s promising new generation of aircraft would do well to heed the lessons of the past.

The U.S. Navy and Air Force are close to an agreement to share control of the uncrewed systems the two services want to fly alongside future fighters.

The Biden administration’s fiscal 2024 request includes an increase in procurement and research and looks to cut the current fleet to pay for it.