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CCA Update: What Are the Next Steps? — Ep. 296
27 June 2026

CCA Update: What Are the Next Steps? — Ep. 296

The Aerospace Advantage

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Episode Summary:


Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) represent the next generation of uncrewed autonomous airpower. The Air Force recently awarded a series of contracts that will see the FQ-42 and FQ-44 CCAs transition to the operational realm. We want to learn more about where the program stands at this juncture, and there’s no one better to help us do that than Anduril's Dave “Mach” Cochran and General Atomic's Mike Atwood.


Credits:


Host: Heather "Lucky" Penney, Director of Research, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies


Producer: Shane Thin


Executive Producer: Douglas Birkey


Guest: David "Mach" Cochran, Director, Autonomous Airpower Growth, Anduril Industries


Guest: Mike Atwood, Senior Director, Advanced Programs at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems



















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