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The Anduril FQ-44 Fury<\/strong> is an American multirole<\/a> unmanned fighter aircraft<\/a> with loyal wingman<\/a> capabilities, currently under development by Anduril Industries<\/a>. The aircraft is one of the winning designs along with the General Atomics FQ-42 Vengeance<\/a> for Increment I of the United States Air Force<\/a>‘s Collaborative Combat Aircraft<\/a> (CCA) program and is intended to augment crewed fighter aircraft such as the F-15EX Eagle II<\/a>, F-22 Raptor<\/a>, F-35 Lightning<\/a>, and the planned Boeing F-47<\/a> fighter for air-to-air missions through manned\u2013unmanned teaming (MUM-T).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Development and design<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The FQ-44 was originally designed by Blue Force Technologies<\/strong> as an aggressor<\/a> platform, initially called “Grackle” before being renamed “REDmedium” and eventually “Fury”, to simulate high-end threats. Blue Force Technologies was acquired by Anduril in 2023, and the Fury design was adapted as a submission for the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) CCA program. The design was eventually selected as one of the two winners of the Increment I CCA alongside the General Atomics<\/a> YFQ-42<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fury’s design as of 2023 is a fighter-like UCAV that is approximately half the dimensions of an F-16 Fighting Falcon<\/a>. Its configuration consists of swept trapezoidal wings, a chin-mounted inlet, a cruciform tail<\/a> arrangement with stabilators<\/a> and a single vertical stabilizer, and weapons mounted on external hardpoints<\/a>. The aircraft is designed to fly at up to 50,000 feet (15,200\u00a0m) and Mach 0.95, and capable of pulling a maximum of 9 g<\/em>, while sustaining up to 4.5 g<\/em> at about 20,000 feet (6,100\u00a0m). The Fury is to be powered by a single Williams FJ44-4M<\/a> turbofan engine producing 4,000 pounds-force (17.8\u00a0kN) of thrust and has a maximum gross takeoff weight of 5,000 pounds (2,270\u00a0kg).[8]<\/a><\/sup> The design is expected to provide the USAF with “affordable mass” to augment its crewed fighters in air-to-air missions; its low cost nature, while not “attritable,” enables users and commanders to take greater risks with them. A mockup<\/a> of the design was showcased during a September 2024 USAF conferenceUncrewed jet developed to fly alongside crewed fighters as a “loyal wingman”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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