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Air Combat Command’s EOU Tests Anduril’s YFQ-44A

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, April 16th, 2026

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Air Combat Command’s EOU Tests Anduril’s YFQ-44A

Pictured is a U.S. Air Force photo of a YFQ-44A CCA prototype taking off from Edwards AFB, Calif.

Last week, the Air Force's Experimental Operations Unit (EOU) at Nellis AFB, Nev., tested an Anduril Industries YFQ-44A Fury prototype Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), which flew from a company site in southern California to Edwards AFB, Calif., for the testing and back again, Anduril said on Thursday. The exercise "represents a shift toward the new concept of earlier, operator-driven experimentation to inform tactics and procedures that will accelerate the delivery of this transformative capability to the warfighter," the Air Force…

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