Air · Collaborative aircraftIndia
HAL's collaborative combat-aircraft development, with prototype and subsystem work confirmed in a company earnings call.
Air · Collaborative aircraftSouth Korea
A compact collaborative-aircraft project shown as a full-size mock-up at ADEX 2025 and discussed as development work in 2026.
Air · Drone / systemSouth Korea
A low-observable collaborative UAV prototype shown at ADEX 2025; the announcement distinguished it from smaller mock-up concepts.
Air · Drone / systemJapan
A Japanese experimental aircraft delivered to ATLA in July 2025 for research into collaboration with piloted aircraft.
Air · Drone / systemFrance / Italy / Sweden / Spain / Greece / Switzerland
European uncrewed combat-aircraft technology demonstrator, explicitly intended for research rather than operational missions.
Air · Drone / systemAustralia
An Australian collaborative aircraft programme with modular mission payloads. A December 2025 government commitment covers six Block 2 aircraft and further Block 3 development.
Order / production commitmentRead Air · Drone / systemTürkiye
A jet-powered uncrewed combat-aircraft programme. July 2026 reporting documents testing of an S2 production-model aircraft, while development and integration work continue.
Air · Drone / systemTürkiye
A flying-wing uncrewed combat-aircraft programme whose first flight took place on 28 December 2023. Public evidence supports continuing flight and mission-system trials.
Air · Drone / systemUkraine
Concept / announced
A historical proposal for a Ukrainian heavy strategic reconnaissance and multirole UAV, discussed publicly by Antonov in February 2021.
Concept — not fieldedRead Air · Drone / systemRussia
A heavy uncrewed combat-aircraft development programme. Recovery of a crashed aircraft in October 2024 demonstrates a real airframe but does not establish a fully operational fleet.
Air · Drone / systemRussia
Concept / announced
A proposed jet combat-aircraft and collaborative-autonomy concept. It is distinct from the unrelated small Grom multirotor.
Concept — not fieldedRead Air · Drone / systemUkraine
Reported / unverified
A reusable Liutyi derivative described in July 2026 news reporting about a Farnborough exhibition presentation.
Air · Drone / systemChina
Reported / unverified
A Chinese flying-wing uncrewed combat aircraft publicly displayed in 2019 and described in Chinese official reporting.
CompanyUnited States
Coverage focus: FQ-44 Fury. A defence technology company spanning collaborative aircraft, mission autonomy and counter-drone systems.
Air · Drone / systemUnited States
Anduril’s collaborative combat aircraft programme for the US Air Force. The aircraft was previously described under the experimental YFQ-44A designation; FQ-44 Fury is the name used in the Air Force’s September 2026 update.
Order / production commitmentRead CompanyUnited States
Coverage focus: XQ-58A Valkyrie. A jet-powered collaborative aircraft used to explore autonomy, mission payloads and integration with crewed aviation. The programme also examines alternatives to conventional airfield dependence.
Air · Drone / systemUnited States
A jet-powered collaborative aircraft used to explore autonomy, mission payloads and integration with crewed aviation. The programme also examines alternatives to conventional airfield dependence.
Air · Drone / systemUnited States
One of the US Air Force’s two Increment 1 collaborative combat aircraft. The FQ-42 brings General Atomics into a jet-powered teaming programme alongside its established remotely piloted aircraft business.
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