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News archive: General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger

Every Bulletin story and press release covering General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger, newest first.

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24 June Designed to operate alongside crewed fighters, CCA are intended to extend combat mass, survivability and situational awareness in contested environments through human-machine teaming.

U.S. Air Force awards production contracts for CCA development

General Atomics, Anduril and three autonomy software providers have secured key production awards as the Air Force pushes to field Collaborative Combat Aircraft by 2030.

26 February The YFQ-42A completed a four-hour autonomous flight managed by a ground-based human operator.

GA-ASI names YFQ-42A Dark Merlin and completes autonomous tests

The designation reflects fighter and uncrewed status, while recent flights demonstrated mission autonomy software in four-hour test operations.

19 February Hivemind enables unmanned defence systems to sense, decide and act without human intervention.

Shield AI advances US Air Force CCA mission autonomy

The company’s Hivemind software integrates with Anduril’s Fury aircraft and advances system testing ahead of planned flight demonstrations.

19 February The achievement forms part of an accelerated YFQ-42A development schedule that began in August 2025 and has already included multiple aircraft builds and autonomous take-offs and landings.

GA-ASI advances YFQ-42A autonomy with Collins Sidekick

The four-hour airborne mission validated third-party software operating through A-GRA within the Collaborative Combat Aircraft programme.

20 November 2025 The F‑22 issued in-flight commands to the MQ‑20 through a tablet and Lockheed Martin’s GRACE module.

Fighter and drone cooperate in Nevada crewed-uncrewed test

An F-22 and MQ-20 flew in coordination to demonstrate open-architecture control using government-owned communication systems and shared radio integration.

17 October 2025

ReleaseGA-ASI selected to support U.S. Navy CCA design effort

27 August 2025

ReleaseGA-ASI marks another aviation first with YFQ-42A CCA flight testing

17 July 2025

ReleaseA new transatlantic partnership for European CCA

21 May 2025 The YFQ-42A production-representative test vehicle.

GA-ASI moves into ground testing of CCA contender

Ground testing of the YFQ-42A production-representative test vehicle is vital preparation ahead of its planned first flight later this summer.

20 March 2025

ReleaseShield AI partners with Korea Aerospace Industries to advance AI-powered autonomy with Hivemind Enterprise 

6 March 2025

ReleaseShield AI raises $240M at $5.3B valuation to scale Hivemind Enterprise, an AI-powered autonomy developer platform

4 March 2025

ReleaseGA-ASI flies government reference autonomy stack at Orange Flag 25-1

3 March 2025

ReleaseGeneral Atomics introduces Quadratix software enterprise

3 March 2025

ReleaseGA-ASI welcomes USAF designation for new CCA: YFQ-42A

24 April 2024

ReleaseGA-ASI selected to build CCA for AFLCMC

10 October 2023

ReleaseGA-ASI advances aerial recovery for SUAS and ALE

10 August 2023

ReleaseGA-ASI opens new hangar at FTTC in Grand Forks, ND

14 July 2023

ReleaseGA-ASI's unmanned aircraft cross 8 million flight hours

11 April 2023

ReleaseGA-ASI flies MQ-20 Avenger autonomously using LEO SATCOM datalink

10 January 2022

ReleaseTwo GA-ASI Avengers equipped with Lockheed Martin Legion Pods autonomously send fused air threat data to command centre

3 March 2021

ReleaseGA-ASI's Avenger ER receives FAA Experimental Certificate

4 December 2020

ReleaseGA-ASI demonstrates government-supplied CODE autonomy engine

9 April 2018

ReleasePredator series aircraft pass five million flight hour mark

5 April 2018

ReleaseAvenger ER sets new endurance record

10 November 2016

ReleaseGA-ASI conducts first flight of Avenger Extended Range

11 July 2016

ReleaseGA-ASI's Predator C Avenger receives FAA Experimental Certificate

13 June 2016

ReleaseGA-ASI Predator C Avenger flies with MS-177 long-range sensor

7 February 2012

ReleaseSecond Predator C Avenger UAS completes successful first flight

19 August 2011

ReleaseComposite Horizons, Inc. awarded contracts for composite parts on General Atomics Avenger UAS

15 February 2011

ReleaseGA-ASI completes key wind tunnel test on Sea Avenger UAS model

19 July 2010

ReleaseAvenger ready for deployment

3 May 2010

ReleaseGA-ASI introduces Sea Avenger UAS for UCLASS carrier operations

20 April 2009

ReleaseGA-ASI successfully executes first flight of Predator C Avenger