Other programs, such as the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, complement, not substitute, manned fighter aircraft.

Defense technology company Anduril Industries has reached a major milestone with the successful first flight of its jet-powered YFQ-44A drone, marking a significant leap in the U.S. Air Forces efforts ...

US air force secretary Troy Meink heralded the start of competitive flight-testing as a key breakthrough in the effort to field a new class of uncrewed tactical jets known as Collaborative Combat ...

Anduril emphasized the semiautonomous piloting of its YFQ-44A collaborative combat aircraft in its first flight test.

Neel Kearby became a hardcore “believer” in the P-47 and devoted himself to developing a doctrine for making the most of the ...

Key Points and Summary – An unclassified Air Force plan says the service needs 1,558 combat-coded fighters by 2035—about a 22 ...

The Air Force warns that having a smaller fleet may increase the risk it won't be able to carry out all its missions.

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 ...

According to the Heritage Foundation's Index of U.S. Military Strength in 2024, at the close of FY 2023, the Air Force’s ...

Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31) hosted large-scale air combat training, Marine Division Tactics Course (MDTC), at Marine ...

An unclassified U.S. Air Force report, mandated by the 2025 NDAA, included figures of the required combat fleet, calling for an increase of nearly 300 ...

India's Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) is flight-testing its new Swayam Raksha Kavach (SRK) airborne ...