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USAF and DIU accelerate CCA roadmap as Anduril’s YFQ-44A production starts and doctrine work begins

The U.S. Air Force is building employment doctrine for its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) portfolio, while Anduril’s Ohio Arsenal-1 facility produced the first YFQ-44A Fury prototype—an unmanned, semi-autonomous aircraft—marking a key CCA production milestone. Separately, service officials plan to begin concept refinement for the MQ-9A Reaper replacement in early FY2027.

Discovered 2026-07-28T06:47:06.601584-07:00 | 2026-07-28T06:47:06.601584-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • Anduril’s first YFQ-44A output from Arsenal-1 signals near-term movement from CCA concept work to produced prototypes, supporting the USAF’s collaborative drone employment roadmap.
  • The USAF and DIU’s doctrine-development effort for the CCA program ties operational concepts (validated via YFQ-44A and YFQ-42A) directly to how future unmanned teams are expected to fight.
  • The planned start of MQ-9A Reaper replacement concept refinement in early FY2027 sets timing for how the service may transition between legacy ISR/strike capacity and next-generation unmanned systems.

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2026-07-28T06:47:06.601584-07:00
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