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Video: US successfully tests new unmanned fighter YFQ-42A

2025-08-28 63 Dailymotion

The US Air Force has achieved a major milestone in the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, which aims to develop unmanned fighters designed to fly alongside fifth and sixth-generation aircraft.

Less than two years after the initiative’s launch, one of the prototypes, designated YFQ-42A and built in partnership with General Atomics, completed its first flight at a California test facility.

📍 Testing took place in California, with additional evaluations planned at Edwards and Nellis AFB.

Source and images: Official United States Air Force