Anduril’s YFQ-44A prototype made its first flight Friday at Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, Calif., joining General Atomics’ YFQ-42A as one of two designs now airborne in the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft, or CCA, Increment 1 effort. Photos from the flight showed the YFQ-44A alongside two L-29 Delfin chase planes.

Anduril and the service have said autonomy, not remote piloting, is central to the program. Jason Levin, Anduril’s senior vice president for engineering for air dominance and strike, wrote in a company release that the aircraft should operate independently from human interaction.

“Our aircraft is ushering in this new paradigm with incredible technical precision: it executes a mission plan on its own, manages flight control and throttle adjustme

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