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Air Force

CCA Builders Believe Commercial Engines Will Reap Big Savings

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, March 5th, 2025

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CCA Builders Believe Commercial Engines Will Reap Big Savings

Pictured is an aerial view of the Pentagon on May 15, 2023 (DoD Photo)

AURORA, Colo.--General Atomics and Anduril Industries believe the use of commercial engines for their Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) will lead to significant savings, as the U.S. Air Force moves toward flying the General Atomics' Gambit and Anduril's Fury this summer after the companies deliver the aircraft to Creech AFB, Nev. Commercial engines can reap big savings because of the multiplicity of companies providing them and lower development costs involved with adapting such engines for military use. Anduril's Fury is to…

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