
The fiscal 2024 congressional funding impasse has delayed development of a concept of operations (CONOPS) for the U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) drones, Air Force officials said. The Air Force has contracted with teams–led by Anduril, Boeing [BA], General Atomics, Lockheed Martin [LMT], and Northrop Grumman [NOC]–for concept definition and preliminary design of CCA Increment 1 (Defense Daily, Jan. 24). "On Collaborative Combat Aircraft, we have the advantage that that program is already underway and so we've been able to execute a good portion…