美国协同作战飞机发展分析OA

The aerial battlefield is on the verge of entering the era of manned-unmanned swarm collaboration,and unmanned aircraft with air combat superiority capabilities will play an important role in future air warfare.The US Air Force is developing a new type of unmanned aerial system called Collaborative Combat Aircraft(CCA).It is powered by jet engines,capable of flying individu-ally or in groups,equipped with air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles,as well as detection,perception and jamming equipments.The CCA can conduct electronic warfare,intelligence,surveillance and reconnaissance missions,and operate alongside manned fighter aircrafts.From the proposed concept,continuous development and improvement,and then to the creation of flight prototypes,the CCA has gone through more than ten years.Its development has accelerated significantly in the past two years.The CCA is entering an intensive phase of flight tests and verification,and is being commissioned as equipment and forming combat capability.This paper details the development history,typical models,flight performance and key technologies for autonomous flight of CCA,analyzes their technical charac-teristics,funding plans and development roadmap.