“The goal is to also get to a semi-autonomous first flight, which means takeoff and landing will be done via push of a button. There is no stick and throttle. It will be able to execute the actual first flight profile pre-planned, using autonomy software on the vehicle.” Source: Diem Salmon , Vice President for Air Dominance and Strike for Anduril, speaking during a Monday briefing at the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber conference, after announcing that the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) “should fly [in the] middle of October…”
