Boeing, Lockheed and Northrop had decades of head start. A 9-year-old startup took their fighter-jet work anyway.
- ~$61B valuation (2026) · founded 2017
- Fury (YFQ-44A): CCA Increment 1 with General Atomics over the primes (Apr 2024); production ordered Jun 2026; 150+ CCAs targeted by 2030
- Roadrunner-M: 500+ units · ~$250M DoD contract (Oct 2024)
- Ghost Shark / Dive-XL: $1.1B programme · in service Apr 2026 (Royal Australian Navy)
- Thunder (with Archer): pilotless attack tiltrotor · first flight planned 2027
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