{"id":8153602,"date":"2026-07-31T08:52:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/fq-42a-fq-44a-cca-serial-production-arsenal-1-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T08:52:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:52:35","slug":"fq-42a-fq-44a-cca-serial-production-arsenal-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/fq-42a-fq-44a-cca-serial-production-arsenal-1-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"I primi droni da combattimento americani escono dalla linea di produzione."},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><p>Un mese fa, l&#039;aeronautica militare statunitense ha dato il via libera alla produzione dei suoi primi due &quot;droni da combattimento&quot;. Questa settimana, le fabbriche hanno effettivamente iniziato a costruirli, e una di esse ha eliminato una lettera dal suo nome.<\/p><p>Il 27 luglio 2026, il primo Fury costruito in Ohio \u00e8 uscito dalla nuovissima linea di produzione Arsenal-1 di Anduril. Il giorno successivo, General Atomics ha annunciato che il suo concorrente, l&#039;FQ-42A Dark Merlin, era ora in &quot;produzione su vasta scala&quot;. I prototipi erano stati designati YFQ-42A e YFQ-44A, con la Y a indicare che erano sperimentali. Ora sono FQ-42A e FQ-44A. L&#039;America ha robot da combattimento che escono dalle linee di assemblaggio.<\/p><p>Si tratta di Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA): &quot;gregari fedeli&quot; semi-autonomi progettati per volare a fianco degli F-35, F-22 e del futuro F-47 con equipaggio, a un prezzo obiettivo inferiore a 1.430 milioni di dollari ciascuno, circa un terzo del costo di un F-35A.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 24px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:17px;color:#222\">Informazioni rapide<\/p><table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px\"><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 10px 5px 0;color:#666;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Programma<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0\">Velivoli da combattimento collaborativi (CCA), incremento 1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 10px 5px 0;color:#666;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Aeromobili<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0\">FQ-42A Dark Merlin (General Atomics), FQ-44A Fury (Anduril)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 10px 5px 0;color:#666;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Pietra miliare<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0\">Il primo Fury \u00e8 uscito dalla linea di produzione il 27 luglio; la produzione in serie dell&#039;FQ-42A \u00e8 iniziata il 28 luglio.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 10px 5px 0;color:#666;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Fabbrica<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0\">Arsenale di Anduril-1, Contea di Pickaway, Ohio<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 10px 5px 0;color:#666;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Capacit\u00e0 della linea<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0\">Fino a 150 velivoli Fury all&#039;anno<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 10px 5px 0;color:#666;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>costo obiettivo<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0\">Meno di $30M ciascuno (~1\/3 di un F-35A)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 10px 5px 0;color:#666;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Ruolo<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0\">Fedele gregario per i caccia con equipaggio; l&#039;essere umano mantiene il controllo delle armi.<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Dal prototipo alla linea di produzione<\/h2><p>La velocit\u00e0 \u00e8 ci\u00f2 che fa la differenza. Anduril annunci\u00f2 la costruzione di Arsenal-1 nella contea di Pickaway nel gennaio 2025; 557 giorni dopo, il primo Fury era completato, con la produzione iniziata a marzo, tre mesi prima del previsto. In un settore in cui un nuovo stabilimento aeronautico impiega solitamente dai tre ai cinque anni per raggiungere la prima consegna, Anduril e l&#039;Ohio ci sono riusciti in meno di due anni.<\/p><p>A giugno, l&#039;Aeronautica militare statunitense ha selezionato sia il Fury che il Dark Merlin di General Atomics per la produzione iniziale, con un totale di oltre 150 velivoli da consegnare entro il 2030. Le tappe fondamentali di luglio trasformano questa decisione in realt\u00e0 concreta.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1894861863  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/yfq-44-fury-anduril.jpg\" alt=\"Anduril YFQ-44A Fury\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Il Fury di Anduril, ora denominato FQ-44A nella versione di produzione. La sua linea di produzione Arsenal-1 in Ohio \u00e8 progettata per produrre fino a 150 esemplari all&#039;anno. Foto: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Che cosa sono realmente queste cose<\/h2><p>Un CCA non \u00e8 un Reaper. Si tratta di un drone a reazione, dalla forma di un caccia, progettato per volare in spazi aerei contesi trasportando sensori, armi o apparecchiature per la guerra elettronica, ricevendo indicazioni da un caccia con equipaggio nelle vicinanze. Lo YFQ-44A ha gi\u00e0 lanciato un missile aria-aria AIM-120 durante i test, ed entrambi i tipi hanno effettuato voli dalla base aerea di Creech. \u00c8 fondamentale sottolineare che i velivoli non scelgono autonomamente i propri bersagli: un operatore umano mantiene il comando e l&#039;autorit\u00e0 di impiegare le armi.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><em>\u201cArsenal-1 rappresentava un impegno ambizioso per accelerare i tempi di costruzione, creare migliaia di posti di lavoro e rafforzare la difesa americana. Il traguardo odierno dimostra che Anduril e l&#039;Ohio stanno mantenendo le promesse.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>JP Nauseef<\/strong> \u2014 Presidente e Amministratore Delegato, JobsOhio<\/div><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Perch\u00e9 \u00e8 importante<\/h2><p>L&#039;obiettivo principale del programma CCA \u00e8 la &quot;produzione di massa a costi accessibili&quot;: l&#039;idea che un gran numero di jet economici e semi-autonomi sia pi\u00f9 resistente e utile in una guerra su larga scala rispetto a una piccola flotta di velivoli pregiati e insostituibili. Questo funziona solo se \u00e8 possibile costruirli rapidamente e a basso costo. Una megafabbrica costruita appositamente che produce il suo primo aereo in anticipo rispetto ai tempi previsti \u00e8 esattamente la prova di fattibilit\u00e0 che l&#039;Aeronautica Militare voleva vedere.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vhczBn2Yu-8\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p>Due anni fa, i droni da combattimento venivano presentati tramite diapositive. Questa settimana, uno di questi \u00e8 uscito da una fabbrica dell&#039;Ohio con una propria denominazione di produzione. L&#039;era dei droni da combattimento prodotti in serie \u00e8, silenziosamente, iniziata.<\/p><p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;margin-top:24px\">Fonti: JobsOhio; The Aviationist; TWZ; Military Times; Breaking Defense.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Post correlati<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/air-force-cca-fq-42a-fq-44a-production-contracts\/\">I robot da combattimento americani hanno ottenuto il via libera per la produzione di massa.<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/yfq-44a-fury-cca-first-aim-120-missile-2026\/\">Il robot assistente americano lancia il suo primo missile<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A month ago, the U.S. Air Force cleared its first two &#8220;fighter drones&#8221; for production. This week, the factories actually started building them \u2014 and one of them dropped a letter from its name. On 27 July 2026, the first Ohio-built Fury rolled off Anduril&#8217;s brand-new Arsenal-1 production line. 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