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CSIS Study Backs Steeper CCA Ramp Than USAF Plans

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, August 7th, 2024

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CSIS Study Backs Steeper CCA Ramp Than USAF Plans

CSIS Graphic of Pentagon Autonomous Aircraft Spending from Fiscal 2015 to Fiscal 2029

A new Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) analysis argues that the U.S. Air Force must focus on fielding autonomous or semi-autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) in greater numbers than the 100 planned by 2029 to overcome fighter aircraft replacement rate challenges posed by a conflict with China. CSIS' new CCA report by Gregory Allen, the director of the CSIS Wadhwani Center for AI and Advanced Technologies, and Isaac Goldston, a research assistant at the center, said that Lockheed…

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