General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced Friday its new partnership with Spirit Defense, Boeing’s subsidiary, to support airframe production of the new FQ-42 Vengeance Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA).<\/p>\n
GA-ASI’s press release:<\/em><\/p>\n General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the world leader in Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), today is announcing our partnership with Spirit Defense, a Boeing Company, to support airframe production of the new FQ-42 Vengeance Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). In June, GA-ASI won a contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to produce FQ-42. Spirit Defense\u2019s role as a fuselage design-build partner brings together the company\u2019s engineering and advanced manufacturing capabilities to support the program from design through production.<\/em><\/p>\n GA-ASI has been the sole manufacturer of its line of UAS \u2014 which includes MQ-9A Reaper\u00ae<\/sup>, MQ-1C Gray Eagle\u00ae<\/sup>, MQ-20 Avenger\u00ae<\/sup>, and MQ-9B SkyGuardian\u00ae<\/sup>\/SeaGuardian \u2014 since the company\u2019s inception in 1992. For the FQ-42 program, partnering with Spirit Defense is a strength multiplier for the company and the nation, offering manufacturing capacity and industrial depth to scale CCA production faster, while strengthening production resilience, and reducing the risk of single points of failure.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re excited to be working with Spirit Defense,\u201d said GA-ASI President David R. Alexander. \u201cWe\u2019ve established our proven design, development, and manufacturing capability for the FQ-42. With Spirit Defense we add capacity, which is exactly the kind of production resilience our U.S. Air Force customer is looking for with its CCA ramp-up. This kind of partnership represents the scalable industrial base the Air Force and the U.S. Department of War are looking for from industry.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re proud to bring deep manufacturing expertise and proven capabilities to this important program,\u201d said Keith Schrader, president and CEO of Spirit Defense. \u201cOur team understands the responsibility that comes with supporting critical national defense programs, and we\u2019re ready to deliver for our customer and the warfighter.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n FQ-42 is a purpose-built, uncrewed fighter, developed with USAF as part of ongoing investment in next-generation semi-autonomous combat aircraft. The jet\u2019s modular design enables rapid integration of mission systems and mission autonomy software. GA-ASI\u2019s software architecture, demonstrated through live flight tests on multiple airframes, provides the foundation for human-machine teaming in complex combat scenarios.<\/em><\/p>\n Potential CCA manufacturing partnerships don\u2019t end here. Around the world, GA-ASI is in discussions with numerous international militaries interested in our Gambit Series of modular CCAs. The Gambit Series is a family of uncrewed combat jets, derived from our work on FQ-42, XQ-67A Off-Board Sensing Station, and MQ-20 Avenger, and optimized for roles such as electronic warfare, suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses (DEAD) and stand-off precision strike, making it a versatile option for evolving security needs.<\/em><\/p>\n Nations interested in procuring aircraft from the Gambit Series also have an opportunity to insert indigenous manufacturing into those programs, as well as integration of their own sensors, weapons and other combat technologies.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced Friday its new partnership with Spirit Defense, Boeing’s subsidiary, to support airframe production of the new FQ-42 Vengeance Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). GA-ASI’s press release: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. 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