The 562nd Electronic Warfare Squadron will help airmen at Nellis Air Force Base deal with "contested electronic environments.

Northrop Grumman significantly revamped its original CCA pitch to the Air Force, resulting in the Talon drone.

The YFQ-42 becomes the first of the U.S. Air Force’s new Collaborative Combat Aircraft to enter flight testing. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced on Aug. 27, 2025, that its YFQ-42A ...

The Air Force has started ground testing its first Anduril-made semiautonomous drone wingmen known as collaborative combat aircraft, which could be flying within months. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.

A $1.5 trillion defense budget is a prudent and reasonable re-leveling of defense investment in historical proportion of GDP, ...

Enabling the CCA’s autonomy are advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, which will be tasked with processing endless streams of data. The data will be compiled from onboard ...

Northrop Grumman will develop autonomous software and expand production lines of the Kratos’ XQ-58 Valkyrie unmanned aerial ...

As 2025 recedes in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to look at the combat-aircraft stories that are likely to make news in ...