Robot model
Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A)
Autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) designated YFQ-44A; began flight testing in late 2025.
- Manufacturer
- Anduril Industries
- Form factor
- aerial
- Maturity
- pilot
- Lifecycle
- active
- Website
- anduril.com ↗
Appears inMilitary & defense drones
Overview
Autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) designated YFQ-44A; began flight testing in late 2025. Flew with mission-autonomy software from both Anduril (Lattice) and Shield AI (Hivemind). Not yet in series production.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- pilot(Small-scale deployment in controlled or trial conditions.)
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Sources on file
- 3 sources, view all
No verified deployments on file. DEPLOY tracks independently-sourced deployment evidence separately from manufacturer capability claims.
Key facts
Form factor
aerial
Type
collaborative combat aircraft (CCA)
Designation
YFQ-44A
Program
USAF CCA Increment 1
First flight
2025-10
Specs
Type
collaborative combat aircraft (CCA)
Program
USAF CCA Increment 1
Designation
YFQ-44A
First Flight
2025-10
Data & sources
Press releases
1
Web sources
2
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Accountability: Anduril Industries has a Claim Integrity of 100% (4 of 4 public claims verified). See the industry ledger.
Pricing
No verified price is on record for Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A). Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) on the deployment map
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Recent activity
- CreatedMay 31, 2026
Manufacturer-attributed media (1)
Manufacturer-supplied media at the model level. Not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker, distinct from the deployment-verified evidence in the section above.
Anduril's footage of the first flight of its Fury (YFQ-44A) autonomous fighter, a Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototype. Autonomy and milestone framing are Anduril's.
Runs on (2)
- Anduril Latticeos-layer · production
- Shield AI Hivemindfoundation-model · production
Safety record
No incidents on record for Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A).
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (3)
Common questions
- What is Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A)?
- Autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) designated YFQ-44A; began flight testing in late 2025. Flew with mission-autonomy software from both Anduril (Lattice) and Shield AI (Hivemind). Not yet in series production.
- How much does Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) cost?
- Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A)'s price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) from Anduril Industries. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
- Is Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) actually deployed in the real world?
- Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) is at the pilot stage: a trial is reported, but no deployment is yet verified at a named site on the DEPLOY registry. Manufacturer capability claims should be read as claims pending independent verification.
- Who makes Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A)?
- Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) is made by Anduril Industries, based in Costa Mesa, California, USA, founded in 2017.
- Can you buy Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A)?
- Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) is in pilot deployments with named customers and is not yet broadly for sale.
- What AI powers Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A)?
- Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) runs Anduril Lattice and Shield AI Hivemind. Each brain assignment is verified at the registry level via primary sources.
- What are alternatives to Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A)?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable aerial robots to Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) include Skydio X10, Wing Delivery Aircraft, MQ-9 Reaper, Matternet M2.
- How does Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) compare to Skydio X10?
- Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) and Skydio X10 (Skydio · 5 deployments) are both aerial robots on the DEPLOY registry. Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) has 0 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) a top aerial?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) ranks in roughly the top under 1% of aerial models tracked by the registry.
- What is Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A)'s maturity stage?
- Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.
- Where is Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) deployed?
- No verified deployments of Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
- Is Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) safe?
- Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-12
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-12
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A).Recent coverage
Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
An Explosion Knocked Out Anduril’s Rocket Motor Test Site in Mississippi
The incident could disrupt a key part of the defense company’s rocket motor business, which designs and tests prototype motors for military customers.
New Pentagon unmanned czar will oversee most drone programs
The Pentagon established a new office to oversee tens of billions of dollars in drone programs across the entire military according to a memo. The unmanned czar will coordinate…
Defense companies rush to field new counter-drone systems as Pentagon leaders testify
Defense News: Defense companies rushing to field new counter-drone systems. Pentagon leaders testifying on UAS threats. Companies need to work with Ukraine.
Hegseth hosts emerging weapons makers for meeting on munitions production: Sources
Invitees to the closely held, publicly unannounced meeting included Anduril, Castelion and Leidos, sources said.
Anduril and General Atomics win contracts to build drone wingmen for US Air Force
The US Air Force awarded production contracts to Anduril and General Atomics to build the first operational CCA drone wingmen. Shield AI and Collins Aerospace also received…
Air Force picks Anduril, General Atomics to build first operational CCA drones
The U.S. Air Force selected Anduril and General Atomics for CCA production. Anduril produces FQ-42A, General Atomics FQ-44A. Shield AI and Collins also received autonomy software…
Anduril Wins Production Contract for US Air Force CCA Program
Anduril awarded production contract for FQ-44 semi-autonomous fighter aircraft under CCA program. Over 150 aircraft planned.
Air Force picks General Atomics, Anduril to build first CCA loyal wingman drones
US Air Force selected General Atomics and Anduril to build first Collaborative Combat Aircraft loyal wingman drones. Software vendors still competing.
US approves Kuwait request to buy nearly $2 billion of counter-drone platforms
Following recent Iranian strikes on Kuwait, the U.S. approved a potential foreign military sale of counter-UAS platforms made by Anduril.
US must learn lessons from Ukraine, innovate faster and cheaper: Anduril president
Anduril President Christian Brose discussed the need to develop cheaper weapons systems at scale to avoid quick depletion of exquisite munitions.
Anduril Announces 5B Series H Raise at 61B Valuation
Anduril raised 5B in a Series H round led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, doubling its valuation to 61B. The funding supports Andurils push to modernize the military…
Anduril begins Fury drone production at Arsenal-1 Ohio plant
Anduril started production of FQ-44 Fury combat drone at Arsenal-1 manufacturing plant in Ohio. B plant to employ 4,000 over next decade. Production began months ahead of schedule.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/anduril-fury.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/adcf5572-bae9-4748-933e-39c8b86046a8
- Revision history: /models/anduril-fury/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
Fury is a high-performance, multi-mission Autonomous Air Vehicle (AAV) built for the high-end fight. Learn more at www.anduril.com/fury
The U.S. Air Force and defense tech firm Anduril Industries have developed one of the first US autonomous jet-powered combat aircraft — the YFQ-44 “Fury.” Fury
#drones #usairforce #fighterjet America just created a combat robot born faster than any in the history of military aviation—just 556 days from design sketch t
Reality vs attention
Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) draws attention at the 93rd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong recent media coverage and press activity. Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 15, 2026