Details about plans for the CCA effort were included in fiscal 2026 budget justification documents.

Senior defense officials discussed funding for the Air Force's F-47 and CCA programs at a House Appropriations Committee hearing Tuesday.

“We are understanding the value of it, but assimilating it into our institution is one I think we still have some work to do on," Gen. David…

The Air Force also announced that the CCA drones will be based at Beale Air Force Base in California.

Increased range will be a “core attribute” of the future fighter, Rear Adm. Michael “Buzz” Donnelly said.

Troy Meink also told lawmakers that the Department of the Air Force must move faster on innovating new technologies.

Boeing beat out Lockheed Martin for the sixth-generation fighter jet program — which has been designated the F-47.

“Maybe [it’s] just symbolic, but it’s telling the world that we are leaning into a new chapter of aerial warfare," Gen. David Allvin said.

If confirmed, John Phelan — a businessman and co-founder of MSD Capital — would take the helm of the department as it pursues new drones and a…

The Air Force is conducting mission-level modeling for Increment 2 of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program.