General Atomics’ YFQ-42A ‘fighter drone’ prototype is now flying. The YFQ-42A is one of two designs currently in development ...

The YFQ-42 becomes the first of the U.S. Air Force’s new Collaborative Combat Aircraft to enter flight testing. General ...

The first of two uncrewed fighter prototypes being evaluated by the US Air Force notched its maiden sortie, with the ...

GA-ASI Notches First U.S. Air Force CCA Flight Test is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week ...

The YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft, designed and developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), is ...

The drone, dubbed YFQ-42A, took off from Gray Butte Airport, just east of Palmdale, California. The airport is owned by ...

The flight took off from a California test location, the Air Force and GA-ASI said in a press release. Flight testing “will begin soon” for the other production-representative prototype being built ...

A YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft lands after a test flight in California on Wednesday (U.S. Air Force Photo) A General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) YFQ-42A Gambit prototype for ...

Two helicopters faced off against an F-15D Eagle fighter aircraft above water in an unprecedented combat defense test ...

Pilots consulted with Raft AI’s “air battle manager” technology, which could dramatically change combat if implemented en ...

An F-35A Lightning II crashed at Eielson Air Force Base on January 28, 2025, due to frozen hydraulic fluid in the landing ...

“The incident highlighted what many experts see as a dangerous, ‘pre-drone age mindset’ within the U.S. military,” wrote ...