
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The Air Force and Navy are “working very closely” on a future autonomous drone program that works with manned aircraft, an Air Force official said this week. The focus areas are interservice communications links, aircraft architecture, autonomy architecture, and the ground segment for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), Brig. Gen. Dale White, program executive officer for Fighters and Advanced Aircraft, said at the annual Air Force Association Air Space Cyber symposium here. “And we do have those four…