Lockheed Martin rolls out Air Force’s first new-build MC-130J Combat Shadow II. The company is under contract to provide 15 aircraft to Air Force Special Operations Command.
The Collaborative Combat Aircraft will be operational in the late 2020s, several years before the Next-Generation Air Dominance family of systems, Air Force officials told the House Armed Services tactical aviation panel. The CCAs will first be “shooters,” then electronic warfare platforms, then sensors, in that order, they added.