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General Atomics YFQ-42A logs first flight in Collaborative Combat Aircraft effort

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has completed the first flight with its new YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) prototype, a significant milestone in the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) ...
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General Atomics will compete for US Navy’s carrier-based uncrewed fighter programme using Gambit variant

Uncrewed aircraft manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) is revealing new details about its participation in a US Navy (USN) uncrewed fighter programme. The San Diego company ...
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General Atomics’ YFQ-42A Drone Has Begun Flight Testing

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) was one of two companies, along with Anduril Industries, to be awarded a contract last year to continue developing the “Collaborative Combat Aircraft” ...
Aviation Week

F-22 Collaborates With Uncrewed Jet In General Atomics Demo Flight

Credit: Air Force Research Laboratory/U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Tabatha Arellano) DUBAI—An F-22 fighter and an uncrewed jet collaborated in the skies over a remote area of Nevada in a company-funded ...
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Army advances Bell, Lockheed, and General Dynamics to next phase of flight school aircraft program

The US Army has moved Bell, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics into the next round of its Flight School Next trainer competition, a decision that will shape how new rotary-wing pilots are produced ...
The Aviationist

General Atomics’ YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft Takes Flight

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 ...