NAWCAD hosts dozens of squadrons and hundreds of pilots annually, fostering joint and international collaboration in advanced ...

Across the United States military, some of the most decisive combat missions are still flown by aircraft that first took to ...

Fighter aircraft have always been the cutting edge of air combat. Whether ripping through the skies of Europe in World […] ...

The Air Force has started ground testing its first Anduril-made semiautonomous drone wingmen known as collaborative combat aircraft, which could be flying within months. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.

Lockheed Martin is using a modified F-16 fighter jet to teach artificial intelligence how to fly, maneuver, and eventually ...

Northrop Grumman significantly revamped its original CCA pitch to the Air Force, resulting in the Talon drone.

The YFQ-42 becomes the first of the U.S. Air Force’s new Collaborative Combat Aircraft to enter flight testing. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced on Aug. 27, 2025, that its YFQ-42A ...

The U.S. Air Force has designated Northrop Grumman’s semi-autonomous prototype aircraft, Project Talon, as YFQ-48A as part of ...

With the YFQ-44 now flying, both of the U.S. Air Force’s new Collaborative Combat Aircraft are in flight testing. The YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) developed by Anduril has conducted its ...

In these, aircraft losses in combat are more likely than not. Modern air forces fighting in such wars might have short lives. In the last major air war of 1939-1945, many tens of thousands of aircraft ...

A YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft test aircraft is staged in Poway, Calif., May 19, 2025. The Department of the Air Force has begun ground testing for the CCA program to validate performance and ...

USAF is upgrading the X-62 VISTA test aircraft, expanding flight testing for autonomy, AI and advanced combat system ...