The US Air Force’s first loyal wingman drones are about to take flight, testing whether prototypes can become mass airpower.
Air and Space Forces Magazine reported that the service is poised to conduct the first flight tests of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) prototypes, with sources confirming that Anduril Industries’ YQ-44A Fury and General Atomics’ YFQ-42A are “basically ready to go” and expected to fly imminently, possibly during the week of August 25.
The milestone marks the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) effort to field autonomous wingmen capable of teaming with F-22s and F-35s