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Steve Trimble
July 27, 2026
Reaper Credit: Alamy
The U.S. Air Force plans to launch a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)-style concept refinement phase by year’s end for a new program that seeks to replace the MQ-9A Reaper with a cheaper and mass-producible alternative. The plan includes selecting multiple vendors to participate in the next phase…
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