How the Air Force Is Seeding the Future of Collaborative Airpower

Born in the lab and built for scale, the Air Force’s first collaborative combat aircraft mark the opening move in a new era of airpower. Emerging directly from AFRL programs, these modular, low-cost uncrewed platforms reflect a deliberate shift toward rapid iteration, shared architectures, and exponential growth in capability. What begins with two aircraft is designed to evolve into a diverse family of collaborative systems shaping the future fight.