Episode Summary: Collaborative combat aircraft are no longer just a concept. Airmen are now loading weapons onto them, controlling them in flight, and flying them alongside manned platforms. In this episode, Heather &quot;Lucky&quot; Penney and Houston &quot;Slider&quot; Cantwell of the Mitchell team talk to Col. Scott Gunn and Col. John Cummings about the Experimental Operations Unit at Creech AFB—the team charged with transforming CCA from prototype to operational reality. Credits: Host: Heather &quot;Lucky&quot; Penney, Director of Research, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies Producer: Shane Thin Executive Producer: Douglas Birkey Guest: Brig. Gen. Houston &quot;Slider&quot; Cantwell, Senior Resident Fellow, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies Guest: Col. Scott Gunn Guest: Col. John Cummings Links: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3GbA5Of Website: https://mitchellaerospacepower.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MitchellStudies Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mitchell.Institute.Aerospace LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3nzBisb Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitchellstudies/ #MitchellStudies #AerospaceAdvantage #Defense #Quantum #Technology

Inside the EOU: Turning CCA into Combat Power — Ep. 303

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Welcome to the Aerospace Advantage podcast brought to you by PenFed. I'm your host, Heather Lucky-Penney. Here on the Aerospace Advantage, we speak with leaders in the armed forces, industry and other subject matter experts to explore the intersection of strategy, operational concepts, technology and policy when it comes to air and space power.

Collaborative Combat Aircraft or CCA for short, have been under development for several years and we've all seen the pictures of the YFQ-42 and the YFQ-44 undergoing flight testing. I'll tell you, it's super exciting. One of the organizations responsible for this testing is the Air Force's Experimental Operations Unit, the EOU. And they're based at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, co-located with the MQ-9 and the RQ-170 operations and training.

And as we've long discussed, CCA are a key component of the Air Force's next generation air dominance family of systems. And uses for CCA will grow far beyond that. But developing this new technology, the concepts of operations and the related procedures, especially at the scale and speed is challenging. And that's where the EOU comes in. They're tasked with developing all of these dot MLPFP elements.

They're the frontline operational pioneers to transform this concept into a reality. So to learn more about this, we're honored to have Colonel Scott Capp Dunn, the 53rd Wing Commander. Capp was one of the Mitchell Institute's very first Air Force fellows. So, Capp, it's great to have you on board. Capp, Heather, it's great to be here. Thank you all so much for taking the time. Looking forward to talking about and getting people updated on CCA, where we're at and where we're going,

Inside the EOU: Turning CCA into Combat Power — Ep. 303

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Inside the EOU: Turning CCA into Combat Power — Ep. 303

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.