General Atomics FQ-42A and Anduril FQ-44A will fly alongside fourth- and fifth-generation fighters during Emerald Flag in December
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier19 Sept
Anduril fit checked its YFQ-44A Fury CCA with various air-to-ground munitions, and conducted the first formation flights of the autonomous fighter drone alongside F-35s. Anduril’s YFQ-44A Fury is expanding its capabilities beyond the air-to-air mission that initially defined the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. New imagery released by the company shows the […]
The Aviationist•Stefano D'Urso16 Sept
General Atomics and Anduril aircraft are the first designs of the CCA program, which could put at least 500 semi-autonomous combat aircraft into service by 2032
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier15 Sept
The US Army has selected Boeing to advance to Phase 2 of the Integrated Fires Protection Capability (IFPC)…
AeroTime•Clement Charpentreau10 Sept
U.S. tech company Anduril is pitching two drone types to accompany Poland's envisioned fleets of F-35 fighter jets and Apache attack helicopters.
During the recent Project Convergence Capstone 6, an H-60M Black Hawk crew employed an Altius-700 Air-Launched Effect to autonomously find the target, pass data across the formation, and strike. As explained by Sikorsky in an interview at Farnborugh International Airshow last month, a major focus of Armed Black Hawk’s development is on air-launched effects (A-LE): […]
The Aviationist•David Cenciotti1 Sept
Exercise with Anduril YFQ-44A and General Atomics YFQ-42A is helping define how the future combat drones can be controlled, maintained and rapidly returned to the air
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier20 AugThe first Ohio-built Fury has left Anduril’s production line as General Atomics begins manufacturing its competing FQ-42A.
AVweb•Matt Ryan31 Jul
Anduril's YFQ-44A Fury drone recently destroyed a target proving its capability, yet a human must remain in the loop for future operations.
A month after contracts were awarded, GA-ASI and Anduril announced that their CCAs are already in production. The U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program took a major leap forward on Jul. 28, 2026, with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) and Anduril announcing major progress on the production front of their respective aircraft. […]
The Aviationist•Parth Satam29 JulThe commercial aircraft shares its airframe and hybrid-electric powertrain with Anduril’s Thunder defense variant.
AVweb•Matt Ryan25 Jul
Anduril Industries and Archer Aviation are developing a large hybrid-electric armed reconnaissance tiltrotor aircraft with the speed, range and payload capacity of the Army’s future long-range assault tiltrotor and current attack helicopter—serving as […]
Avionics International•Calvin Biesecker23 JulArcher Aviation announced Halo, the commercial variant of a jointly-developed dual-use platform built to serve both defense and commercial applications. Anduril unveiled Thunder, the defense variant of the platform, on Monday at the Farnborough International Airshow. The two variants share the same airframe, hybrid powertrain and core systems, with configurable payload depending on mission requirements.
Aviation News – Anduril Industries Unveils Thunder Autonomous Attack Rotorcraft to Boost Crewed Helicopter Firepower and Survivability Anduril Industries has unveiled Thunder, a Group 5...
Archer Aviation has unveiled ‘Halo,’ the commercial version of the unmanned, dual-use hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft it has jointly…
AeroTime•Miquel Ros22 Jul
Embraer and Anduril signed a Memorandum of Understanding to integrate the Barracuda-500M on the C-390, adding the capability to conduct palletized launches of kinetic effects. Embraer announced on Jul. 21, 2026 a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Anduril to integrate the Barracuda-500M Autonomous Air Vehicle (AAV) on the C-390 Millennium transport aircraft for palletized launches. […]
The Aviationist•Parth Satam22 Jul
Partnership could allow the military transport aircraft to launch palletized stand-off weapons without major modifications
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier22 Jul
Embraer has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Anduril to jointly pursue the integration of the latter’s Barracuda-500M (B-500M) stand-off cruise missile onto its C-390 Millennium military transport aircraft.
The proliferation of drones in land warfare has brought maneuver to a stalemate, extracting a significant toll in terms of both man and machine. Attack helicopters and their crews, long the lifeblood of maneuver warfare, are increasingly held at risk by a combination of loitering munitions, cheap air defenses, and ubiquitous persistent ISR platforms that
Advanced air mobility developer Archer and defense technology firm Anduril unveiled a jointly-developed autonomous, dual-use hybrid-electric VTOL platform…
AeroTime•Miquel Ros20 Jul