AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
Photo: GA-ASI, AFRL
| Lift type | Fixed wing | ||
| Construction type | Factory-built | ||
| Control type | Autonomous | ||
| Engine type | Turbojet | ||
| Application | Fighter, Surveillance | ||
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Series of Autonomous Collaborative Platforms (ACP) for military operations, all share same core airframe platform: Gambit Core, proof of Low-Cost Attritable Aircraft Platform Sharing (LCAAPS). Includes concepts Gambit 1 (long-endurance ISR), Gambit 2 (air-to-air combat), Gambit 3 (advanced trainer), Gambit 4 (stealth combat recon, variant with most contrasting design), Gambit 5 (ship-based CCA, potentially chosen for US Navy), and Gambit 6 (air-to-ground/-air CCA). Variants used to develop a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) for USAF, and for Europe (through GA-ATS). In development.
| Variant | Launch/First flight | Production end | |
| General Atomics XQ-67A OBSS | 2022 / 2024 | Variant presumably derived from Gambit 1, OBSS: Off-Board Sensing Station, comparable to Kratos XQ-58. | |
| General Atomics YFQ-42A MDS | 2025 / 2025 | Mission Design Series, uncrewed jet fighter variant for CCA program, design derived from Gambit 2. | |
| General Atomics (AeroTec) Gambit Series | 2025 / | European CCA variant with customised mission system and European manufacturing, derived from YFQ-42A. |
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See recent updates (latest 04/11/2025)
| General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) | News | |
| General Atomics AeroTec Systems GmbH (GA-ATS) | News | European YFQ-42A variant |
Other aircraft programs: General Atomics MQ-9, Dornier 228, General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger, General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle, General Atomics PELE
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