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The missions CCAs would carry out will likely vary and include strike operations, gathering intelligence and reconnaissance, conducting electronic warfare, and serving as decoys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kendall also made affordability a requirement for the CCA program, and has said each drone must cost a fraction of an F-35\u2032s price tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April, the Air Force announced it had selected Anduril and General Atomics to further develop designs for their CCA concepts, and then build production-representative test aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Thursday\u2019s event, Allvin noted the financial stresses the Air Force is facing, including inflation and limited budgets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll of those pressures are coming to bear against us, and we do have to ask the fundamental question: What does an effective Air Force look like in the future and how much of that is dependent on external resources?\u201d Allvin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But when asked if the service will be able to produce NGAD as it has planned, Allvin did not explicitly commit to the sixth-generation fighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to have to make those choices, make those decisions across the landscape,\u201d Allvin said. \u201cThat\u2019s going to probably play out in the next couple of years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief of Staff Gen. 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