YFQ-44A uncrewed fighter completes second Air Force exercise
NewsAugust 19, 2026
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada. Anduril's YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototype completed a second exercise with the U.S. Air Force Experimental Operations Unit (EOU), expanding Air Force personnel involvement in mission execution and autonomy testing, the company announced in a statement.
During the exercise, EOU personnel tasked the aircraft from multiple locations and oversaw daily mission-autonomy flights, the statement reads. The testing included operational tactics and maneuvers and was intended to evaluate distributed control concepts that could reduce personnel requirements for Collaborative Combat Aircraft operations, the company says.
The event followed an earlier exercise in April in which Air Force personnel launched, recovered, and sustained the YFQ-44A. The latest testing included multiple sorties on some days and is part of preparations for production FQ-44 semi-autonomous aircraft operations at Creech Air Force Base, according to the statement.
