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Aviation Week • Brian Everstine

USAF awards Collaborative Combat Aircraft Increment 1 production to both General Atomics’ FQ-42 and Anduril’s FQ-44

The U.S. Air Force has awarded production contracts to General Atomics and Anduril for Increment 1 of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program—building the first fleet of semi-autonomous uncrewed “loyal wingman” jets. The service also funds mission autonomy software under an open-architecture approach.

Breaking Defense • Aaron Mehta, Michael Marrow

Air Force picks General Atomics, Anduril to build first CCA drone wingmen

Also: Air & Space Forces Mag, FlightGlobal, Reuters, The Aviationist, ex2.com.au, Defense Scoop, Defense Daily, anduril.com, ga-asi.com, Defense One and 5 more
2026-06-17T14:21:04.826761-07:00
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FlightGlobal • Ryan Finnerty

Canada enters negotiations with Italy over M-346 trainer acquisition

By FlightGlobal: The Royal Canadian Air Force has spent several years looking for a new trainer after retiring its BAE Systems CT-155 Hawks in 2024.

2026-06-17T08:04:26.592031-07:00