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On Monday 26 October 2026, a pair of Anduril FQ-44A Fury drones flew in formation and carried out beyond-visual-range air combat maneuvers against a virtual threat, steered by an &ldquo;AI pilot&rdquo; rather than a human hand on a stick.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The flight was kept quiet for two weeks. Shield AI, whose Hivemind mission autonomy software flew the jets, announced it on Monday 9 November, and Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine called it a first for the US Air Force&rsquo;s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program: the first time two CCAs flew coordinated air combat maneuvers using autonomy software.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f4f6f9;border:1px solid #e2e7ee;padding:18px 22px;margin:22px 0 26px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;color:#0d1117\">Quick Facts<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px\"><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>What:<\/strong> First coordinated air combat maneuvers by two USAF Collaborative Combat Aircraft using autonomy software<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Flight date:<\/strong> Monday 26 October 2026<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Announced:<\/strong> Monday 9 November 2026, by Shield AI<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Aircraft:<\/strong> Two Anduril FQ-44A Fury drones<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Software:<\/strong> Shield AI Hivemind mission autonomy<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Where:<\/strong> Nevada Test and Training Range (per Shield AI)<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Human role:<\/strong> An operator on the ground gave high-level directions; no pilot in the air<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Earlier first:<\/strong> 8 October 2026: an F-22 pilot directed a single Fury in flight over Edwards AFB<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A pair, not a puppet<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>According to Todd Wesley, Shield AI&rsquo;s vice president of Hivemind engineering, the test took place on the Nevada Test and Training Range. The two Furies flew together and executed beyond-visual-range tactics that Hivemind directed. An operator on the ground gave only high-level directions to the pair as they engaged the simulated enemy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In Shield AI&rsquo;s own words, quoted by Defense Daily, the software enabled &ldquo;multiple CCAs to fly in formation and execute collaborative beyond-visual-range counter-air tactics.&rdquo; Translation for anyone who did not grow up on fighter-pilot jargon: the drones worked as a team to fight enemy aircraft from long range, the way a two-ship of crewed fighters would.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/yfq-44a-fury-refuel-creech-afb-2026.jpg\" alt=\"An airman refuels an Anduril YFQ-44A Fury collaborative combat aircraft under a shelter at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">An airman of the CCA Experimental Operations Unit refuels a YFQ-44A Fury at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, on 21 July 2026. This is the same type that flew the 26 October test, not one of the two aircraft involved. US Air Force photo by Airman Vinh Phan \/ public domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Wesley told the magazine the test was a success. He also made clear what it was a step beyond.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><div><em>&ldquo;The difference here was, it was a full-on tactical air-to-air engagement. The initial test in early October was essentially a stepping stone to this capability.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Todd Wesley<\/strong> &mdash; Vice president of Hivemind engineering, Shield AI, to Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, November 2026<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Eighteen days after the F-22 test<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>That &ldquo;stepping stone&rdquo; was the flight of 8 October 2026 over <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/edwards\/\">Edwards Air Force Base<\/a>, California, when an airborne <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\/\">F-22 Raptor<\/a> pilot gave high-level instructions to a single Fury and Hivemind turned them into maneuvers in real time. Afterburner covered that one in <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-22-raptor-commands-yfq-44a-fury-cca-in-flight-first-time-2026\/\">F-22 Commands a YFQ-44A Fury Drone in Flight for the First Time<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 26 October flight went further in one important way. Unlike the Raptor test, there was no human pilot in the air at all. Two drones, one software brain, one person on the ground setting the intent. Shield AI says it has now achieved two CCA firsts in three weeks.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0 8px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EYzmq1fXKas\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;font-style:italic;margin:0 0 24px\">Shield AI&rsquo;s September 2026 video on the YFQ-44A Fury flying with its Hivemind autonomy software.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Fury itself is Anduril&rsquo;s entry in the CCA program&rsquo;s first increment, a single-engine jet roughly half the size of an <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16<\/a>. It flew for the first time on 31 October 2025, and it shares the first increment with General Atomics&rsquo; FQ-42 Vengeance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Fly, patch, fly again<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The software side may matter as much as the flying. The Air Force uses what it calls the Autonomy Government Reference Architecture, which separates the mission software from each aircraft&rsquo;s own flight software through standard interfaces. Shield AI says that makes it easier to add capabilities without redesigning the aircraft&rsquo;s code and keeps suppliers competing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><div><em>&ldquo;Every flight gives us data that goes into the next software release. The combined Hivemind and aircraft software release process is nearing the point where the Air Force can fly a sortie, update the software overnight and fly again the next day.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Todd Wesley<\/strong> &mdash; Vice president of Hivemind engineering, Shield AI (via Defence Industry Europe, November 2026)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Shield AI also says the Furies ran the same core Hivemind software that it has integrated into more than 40 uncrewed systems across air, land, sea and space. For the Air Force, that is the point of the exercise: the brain is meant to be portable, and the airframe underneath it replaceable.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Wesley added a line that sounds small and is not. He told Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine the next challenge is designing the human-machine interface so that pilots in the cockpit can manage this level of complexity, and learning where it needs to be simplified. A drone that fights well but confuses its human boss is not much of a wingman.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Next, Wesley says, come bigger teams and teams of teams, including swapping aircraft between teams in flight. Flights in which CCAs carry and fire live munitions will come later, but he would not say when.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/yfq-44a-fury-captive-carry-test-flight.jpg\" alt=\"An Anduril YFQ-44A Fury drone in flight with its landing gear down, carrying inert munitions during a captive carry test\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A YFQ-44A Fury in flight during a captive carry test with inert munitions at a California test location, released in February 2026. Live-munition flights directed by Hivemind are still to come. US Air Force photo \/ public domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The scale of the ambition explains the urgency. Air Force officials have talked about one crewed fighter controlling between two and five CCAs, and more recently some have floated a ratio of one to eight, according to Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine. No pilot can hand-fly eight wingmen. That job falls to software like Hivemind, and on 26 October two Furies showed it can at least run a two-ship.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Sources: Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, Defence Industry Europe, Defense Daily, Shield AI, Wikipedia (Anduril FQ-44)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\r\n\r\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\r\n\r\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\r\n\r\n\r\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>What did the two FQ-44A Fury drones do on 26 October 2026?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">On 26 October 2026, two Anduril FQ-44A Fury collaborative combat aircraft flew in formation and carried out beyond-visual-range air combat maneuvers against a virtual threat. The maneuvers were directed by Shield AI&rsquo;s Hivemind autonomy software, with an operator on the ground giving only high-level directions.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Why is the FQ-44A Fury test a first?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine described it as the first time two US Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft flew coordinated air combat maneuvers using autonomy software. No human pilot was in the air, unlike the 8 October test in which an F-22 pilot directed a single Fury.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>When was the FQ-44A Fury autonomy test announced?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Shield AI announced the 26 October 2026 flight on Monday 9 November 2026. The company says its Hivemind software achieved two firsts for the Air Force CCA program in three weeks: following an airborne F-22 pilot&rsquo;s directives and flying multiple CCAs in coordinated air-to-air tactics.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What is Shield AI Hivemind?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Hivemind is Shield AI&rsquo;s mission autonomy software, often described as an AI pilot. In the CCA program it takes high-level instructions from a human, either a pilot in another aircraft or an operator on the ground, and turns them into maneuvers and tactics for the uncrewed aircraft in real time.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Where did the FQ-44A Fury air combat test take place?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">According to Shield AI&rsquo;s Todd Wesley, speaking to Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, the 26 October 2026 flight took place on the Nevada Test and Training Range. The earlier F-22 teaming flight on 8 October 2026 took place at Edwards Air Force Base, California.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Will FQ-44A Fury drones fire live weapons under Hivemind control?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Shield AI says flights in which CCAs carry and employ live munitions will come later, but Todd Wesley would not say when. The next steps he described are larger teams, teams of teams and more complex operations, such as moving aircraft between teams in flight.<\/div><\/details><\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"What did the two FQ-44A Fury drones do on 26 October 2026?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"On 26 October 2026, two Anduril FQ-44A Fury collaborative combat aircraft flew in formation and carried out beyond-visual-range air combat maneuvers against a virtual threat. 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