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Gambit and Fury CCA Offerings Get USAF Designations; Flights on Track for This Summer

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, March 4th, 2025

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Gambit and Fury CCA Offerings Get USAF Designations; Flights on Track for This Summer

The U.S. Air Force announced designations for the Anduril and General Atomics Collaborative Combat Aircraft Increment 1 prototypes (U.S. Air Force)

AURORA, Colo.--The U.S. Air Force has bestowed "mission design series" (MDS) designations on its two Increment 1 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) prototypes. The General Atomics Gambit offering is the YFQ-42A and Anduril Industries' Fury is the YFQ-44A, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Allvin told the Air and Space Forces' Warfare Symposium here on Monday. "Y" signifies prototype aircraft, "F" fighter/air-to-air mission, and "Q" a drone. First flights are on track for this summer, Allvin said. David Alexander, the…

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