Two stealth F-22 raptor fighters will be the first public controller of the US Air Force’s future cooperative combat aircraft (CCA) drone. Twz The report said.
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The new plan will be introduced in the next fiscal year, and the Air Force is already considering a tablet -based control system and other related modifications.
The plan to integrate CCA drones into the F-22 is mentioned in the US Air Force’s 2026 fiscal year budget request. The item called “Integrated Platform Integration Program” is requesting $ 15 million for the project.
According to other parts of the budget document, the Air Force currently has a F-22 with 143 combat missions, and the rest of the 185 units are used for training, testing and evaluation.
“The incentive platform integration program will acquire and integrate the kits for the F-22 to allow the F-22 to control the cooperative combat aircraft (CCA),” the 2026 fiscal year Air Force budget is specified.
“The acquisition items include system integration, assembly, test, verification, verification, certification, aircraft and CCA communication, software update, system engineering, training, support equipment and program support costs (PSC), including tablets, cables and related materials.”
According to the document, more than $ 12.2 million of the $ 15 million requested $ 15 million will be assigned to the purchase of 142 tablets and related cables, which means that the unit price of each installation kit is about $ 86,000.
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