USAF CCA Development (Fury/YFQ-44A)

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The published contract value is USD 557.0M.
The buyer is Department of the Air Force (US).
It is categorised as Fixed wing.
It is linked to the US Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program in our database.

The 'USAF CCA Development (Fury/YFQ-44A)' contract, awarded to Anduril Industries for $557 million, funds development of the YFQ-44A Fury, an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) prototype selected as one of two winners for Increment 1 of the US Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. It is designed to augment crewed fighters like the F-15EX, F-22, and F-35 in air-to-air missions via manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T), providing additional weapons, battlefield effects, and autonomy for air superiority in contested environments. The jet, derived from Blue Force Technologies' Fury acquired by Anduril in 2023, has completed maiden flights and uses internal software for flight control with third-party mission autonomy.

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Collaborative Combat Aircraft development. $557M FY25, $9B projected to FY29. Autonomous wingmen for 5th/6th-gen fighters.

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potomacofficersclub.com↗

https://www.potomacofficersclub.com/air-force-drone-program-advances-to-development-and-production-phase/

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