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Defense officials are divided about the U.S. Air Force’s plan for Collaborative Combat Aircraft

A new engine war is brewing for the MQ-9 Reaper after GA-ASI flew a second engine type onboard the UAS earlier this month.

A Northrop spokesman did not immediately respond to Alexander’s statements.

Frank Kendall has spent his time as secretary working to reshape the Air Force—but will his work outlast him?

The Space Force has awarded contracts to Blue Origin, CACI International, General Atomics and Viasat to develop space laser-communication terminal prototypes.

The Defense Innovation Unit launched a competition on June 14 on the Navy’s behalf, calling for written responses to an urgent request in two weeks.

EpiSci and PhysicsAI are the first contractors selected for a DARPA program to develop software to enable beyond-visual-range engagement with multiple aircraft.

The life expectancy of a future Collaborative Combat Aircraft is not a trivial question.

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The award resembles a similar, $93.3 million contract announced by GA-ASI four years ago to demonstrate object recognition algorithms on the sensors on board an MQ-9.

Collaborative Combat Aircraft and Survivable Airborne Operations Center selections favor private companies as major primes set sights on larger awards.

France's General Directorate for Armaments, DGA, has placed the first orders for long-lead items for the country’s future aircraft carrier.

The Mojave started with the U.S. Marine Corps as a short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) UAS.

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.

Strafing ground targets is normally a capability exercised by human pilots, but now a large U.S.-made uncrewed aircraft system has demonstrated the capability.

The Air Force will receive a classified directed energy system last among the three armed services participating in the High Energy Laser Scaling Initiative.

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.

A new Royal Air Force strategy lays out plans for the introduction of larger systems after having developed small, swarming platforms.

Future battlefields with dispersed units and contested logistics are driving DARPA’s new portfolio of disruptive investments.

Its plan differs from some prior programs, such as the venerable MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper.

Facing a reduction to its expected budget next year, the military cuts back on near-term aircraft procurement.

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced Feb. 29 that its XA-67A Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) flew for the first time the day before.

Collaboration defines the operational role of a new class of autonomous combat systems as well a new model for foreign industry partners.