U.S. Air Force Awards GA-ASI Production Contract for FQ-42A CCA

U.S. Air Force Awards GA-ASI Production Contract for FQ-42A CCA

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Air Force picks Anduril, General Atomics to build first operational CCA drones

General Atomics and Anduril have received production contracts from the Air Force for Increment 1 of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, the service announced Wednesday. The firms were each awarded engineering-and-manufacturing development and production contracts for the CCA air frames, beating out at least four other vendors that competed for deals. The contracts — which come four months ahead of schedule — cover the first three l…

Anduril and GA-ASI win CCA increment one air vehicle production contracts

The Air Force has selected both Anduril Industries and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems to produce their airframe designs for the first three lots of the emerging Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, the service announced today. “We always envisioned to have the flexibility to take up to two types of vendors” into production, Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Fighters and Advanced Aircraft Col. Timothy Helfrich told reporters today. “A b…

U.S. Air Force Awards CCA Production Contracts

The U.S. Air Force has awarded contracts for both the production of CCAs and the mission autonomy software as part of the program’s Increment 1. The U.S. Air Force awarded several contracts for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, including production contracts for the Increment 1 aircraft as well as mission autonomy software. The move represents a further step forward in the service’s effort to rapidly field these advanced combat capabili…

USAF Orders Both General Atomics' FQ-42 And Anduril's FQ-44 Into Production

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General Atomics And Anduril Continue Into CCA EMD; Shield AI, Collins, And Anduril Picked For Mission Autonomy

The Air Force has chosen both the FQ-42A by General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the FQ-44A by Anduril Industries to continue into engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) of the […]