USAF shifts toward manned-unmanned teaming via CCA procurement after Epic Fury

The post highlights the USAF’s first procurement funding to buy Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) and an emerging doctrine of manned-unmanned teaming, framed as a turning point after MQ-9 losses and performance in Operation Epic Fury. It also notes early requirements for a next-generation MQ-9 successor emphasizing modular open architecture, mass producibility, and attritability—signaling a move toward cheaper, replaceable unmanned combat mass rather than exquisite single platforms.