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Details on Collaborative Combat Aircraft Close Hold in USAF Budget

Frank Wolfe

Monday, March 13th, 2023

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Details on Collaborative Combat Aircraft Close Hold in USAF Budget

U.S. Air Force Frank Kendall delivers a keynote speech “One Team, One Fight” during the Air and Space Forces Association 2023 Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colo., on March 7 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall announced last week that the Air Force's fiscal 2024 budget would contain plans for 1,000 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) to be used by the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 and the service's future manned Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter, but the service's March 13 unclassified fiscal 2024 budget documents contain scant reference to CCA. An Air Force budget overview points to a $522 million request for CCA in fiscal 2024 versus a congressionally appropriated…

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