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YFQ-44A CCA Tests Shield AI's Hivemind and Anduril's Lattice AIs During Single Flight

The YFQ-44A CCA switched between Shield AI's Hivemind and Anduril's Lattice AIs during the same flight, completing tasks with ...
Inside Defense

Anduril CCA prototype flies with mission autonomy for the first time

Anduril Industries’ YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototype flew for the first time yesterday with Shield AI’s mission autonomy software, an Air Force official said today. General Atomics ...
Aviation Week Network

Collaborative Combat Aircraft Prototypes Progress On Autonomy Tests

AURORA, Colorado—Both of the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototypes are flying with mission autonomy as the service is preparing both for more intensive tests and production ...
UK Defence Journal

YFQ-44A tests dual autonomy stacks in flight

Anduril has announced that its YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft has flown with two different mission autonomy software suites from separate vendors during a single sortie.
Seeking Alpha

RTX's Collins Aerospace autonomy solution, Sidekick, flies GA-ASI's YFQ-42A CCA platform

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Feb. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Collins Aerospace, an RTX (RTX) (NYSE: RTX) business, showcased its Sidekick mission autonomy software in a successful test flight of a YFQ-42A, an ...
USA Today

GA-ASI Achieves New Milestone With Semi-Autonomous CCA Flight

SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / February 12, 2026 / General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) passed a new milestone this month, successfully integrating 3 rd-party mission autonomy into ...
MarketWatch

Shield AI Selected as Mission Autonomy Provider for the U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Shield AI, the deep--tech company building state--of--the--art autonomy software products and aircraft, today announced its selection as a mission autonomy ...