USAF tests F-22 directing YFQ-44A collaborative combat drone in flight
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During a USAF demonstration, an F-22 Raptor issued high‑level tactical directives to a YFQ-44A Fury collaborative combat drone, which interpreted and executed the commands while airborne.
The test, involving the 412th Test Wing, the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron and the 309th Software Engineering Group, is part of the service’s effort to distribute functions between crewed platforms and semiautonomous systems on the same mission, and follows a July live‑fire trial where the YFQ-44A launched an AIM‑120 AMRAAM at a digital target. The USAF plans to field 500 combat‑ready collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) systems by 2032 within a fleet of about 1,000 aircraft.