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Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Flight testing for the U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft began with the YFQ-42A taking off for the first time.

The $28.4 billion that defense technology startups raised from venture capital through June puts the sector on track for one of its best years ever.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Anduril has delivered the first tranche of Altius loitering munitions to Taiwan in conjunction with the establishment of a local office.

A new low-cost cruise missile designed to be launched by fighters is now also on the U.S. Air Force wish list.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) is offering a variant of its YFQ-42A collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) for potential European programs.

A plan to buy thousands of palletized missiles next year to be launched by airlifters introduces a new kind of weapon along with integration challenges.

As U.S.-developed collaborative combat aircraft near flight trials, their designers are testing the waters for international sales.

Anduril plans to qualify and start building a solid rocket motor next year to power the Swedish-American Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb.

Anduril has teamed up with Rheinmetall to co-develop and potentially co-produce autonomous air vehicles and munitions with the U.S. company marketing to Europe.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The U.S. Air Force has formally stood up a new unit charged with figuring out how to best operate upcoming Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA).

Anduril’s valuation soared to $30.5 billion after the high-flying defense technology startup raised $2.5 billion in a Series G round led by billionaire Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.

Anduril has announced plans to build on its partnership with Archer by exploring market opportunities for the hybrid version of the Midnight eVTOL in the UK.

The second U.S. Air Force prototype of a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) has moved into the ground testing phase.

Runway independence is back in discussion as a possible requirement for future Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA).

Called launched effects, uncrewed air vehicles (UAV) were first launched from the ground forces at the front.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The U.S. Air Force has begun ground testing its two Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototypes from Anduril and GA-ASI ahead of planned first flights this summer.

The C-130’s new role opens the door for a novel class of mass-produced, low-cost cruise missiles to enter U.S. and foreign weapon inventories.

Anduril has signed three MOUs with South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration, LIG Nex1 and Korean Air to collaborate on uncrewed weapons and AI.

Anduril is trying to interest the Royal Australian Air Force in its Fury CCA and would consider local production, the company's president says.

Flight autonomy software developer Shield AI closed a $240 million Series F-1 round in March that raised its valuation to $5.3 billion from $2.7 billion.

Anduril Industries has secured the Republic of Singapore Air Force as its first international partner for the Lattice for Mission Autonomy software platform.