USAF’s CCA Plan Includes ‘A Lot of Work’ For Industry

Andrew Hunter, U.S. Air Force assistant secretary for acquisition, left, speaks at an Air Force Association conference in March 2023.

Credit:  U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force is designing its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program—uncrewed systems that will fly alongside future fighters—to be fielded in increments in a way that companies can continuously compete, even after they lose. The service wants to field as many as 1,000 of the “loyal...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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