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CCA Classification Partially Due to Effort to Protect Potential Vendors from Cyberattacks

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CCA Classification Partially Due to Effort to Protect Potential Vendors from Cyberattacks
An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 96th Test Wing’s 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin AFB, Fla. flies in formation with a Kratos-built XQ-58A Valkyrie drone flown by artificial intelligence (AI) agents/algorithms developed by the Autonomous Air Combat Operations, or AACO, team from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The algorithms matured during millions of hours in high fidelity AFSIM simulation events, 10 sorties on the X-62 VISTA, Hardware-in-the-Loop events with the XQ-58A, and ground test operations, the Air Force said. On July 25, AFRL conducted a three-hour sortie in the first flight of AI controlling an XQ-58A (U.S. Air Force photo)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--While the U.S. Air Force has budgeted $522 million for Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) in fiscal 2024 and discussed the program in fairly broad terms, the future CCA acquisition strategy and much of the nitty gritty CCA development will be in the dark. CCA is one of the major thrusts of Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's seven operational imperatives. The Air Force plans to spend $5 billion in the future years defense program on CCA, the first increment…

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