GA-ASI has flown a second YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft, following the type’s first flight in August. Two months after the type’s first flight on Aug. 27, 2025, General Atomics Aeronautical ...

The YFQ-42 becomes the first of the U.S. Air Force’s new Collaborative Combat Aircraft to enter flight testing. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced on Aug. 27, 2025, that its YFQ-42A ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has released a photo of its YFQ-42A, a production representative test vehicle under the US Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) programme. The ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is now flying a second example of the company’s YFQ-42A prototype jet. Photos released by General Atomics on 3 November show what appears to be two fully capable ...

American defense contractor General Atomics has been at it making drones for almost 20 years already, but it is only now stepping into the brave new world of autonomy, hoping to impress the military ...

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / March 3, 2025 / General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) welcomes the U.S. Air Force's designation for its Collaborative Combat Aircraft: the new ...

For the first time, we now have an image of General Atomics’ YFQ-42A in the flesh. Alongside Anduril’s YFQ-44A, they will be the U.S. Air Force's first uncrewed fighters. General David Allvin, Chief ...

SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / February 23, 2026 / General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is giving its U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft a new name: YFQ-42A Dark Merlin.

Credit: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) said April 6 it had paused operations with its YFQ-42A prototype following a mishap after takeoff ...