
US Air Force Awards Simultaneous Production Contracts for General Atomics FQ-42 and Anduril FQ-44 CCAs
The US Air Force has formally awarded full-rate production contracts to General Atomics for the FQ-42A Dark Merlin and Anduril for the FQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). The service plans to procure more than 150 operationally capable CCAs before the end of the decade, with nearly $1 billion requested in the FY2027 budget. The Air Force is also separating hardware and software procurement, awarding autonomous mission software contracts to Anduril, Collins, and Shield AI.
Source: The War Zone










