Anduril’s drone wingman begins flight tests

US defense company Anduril flies its uncrewed jet drone for first time

By David Jeans NEW YORK (Reuters) -Anduril’s jet-powered drone flew for the first time on Friday, the company and the U.S. Air Force said, marking a significant step for the defense tech company’s drone ambitions. The Los Angeles-based company, which won an Air Force contract last year to produce a prototype drone that could serve as a “loyal wingman” alongside fighter jets, demonstrated the drone’s flight at a California-based testing site, the…

Anduril’s drone wingman begins flight tests

The second of the U.S. Air Force’s two prototype drone wingmen, known as collaborative combat aircraft, began flight testing Friday, the service said.Anduril’s YFQ-44A drone carried out its first flight at an unidentified California test location Friday, the Air Force said. It follows the first flight of its General Atomics-made counterpart, the YFQ-42A, which took place in August.“This milestone demonstrates how competition drives innovation an…

Anduril drone wingman prototype makes first flight, Air Force says

The tech startup’s YFQ-44A is the second of two drone prototypes to take flight under the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program.

Anduril's drone wingman makes first flight, following software delays

The neoprime contractor lagged behind General Atomics for the inaugural CCA flight test.

Anduril conducts first flight test of Air Force CCA drone prototype

Anduril’s prototype drone developed for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program has taken its first live flight, the service announced Friday. The company conducted the flight of the unmanned fighter jet — known as the YFQ-44A — on Friday at a test location in California, the Air Force said in a press release. Beginning live flight tests of the CCA prototype “expands the program’s knowledge base on flight performance, autonom…

Anduril's CCA prototype completes first flight

Anduril Industries' YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft flew for the first time today, the Air Force announced, furthering the service's efforts to field swarms of drone wingmen by the end of the decade. The test flight took place at a California test location on Oct. 31, the service wrote in a news release, adding the “testing expands the program’s knowledge base on flight performance, autonomous behaviors and mission system integration.” A s…