General Atomics FQ-42 CCA Drone Production Ramp Up To Be Boosted By Boeing Subsidiary

Boeing subsidiary Spirit Defense will manufacture fuselage structures for General Atomics' FQ-42 Vengeance Collaborative Combat Aircraft under a partnership announced on October 23, 2026. General Atomics, which previously built its own uncrewed aircraft families, is bringing Spirit into the design-to-production process to expand airframe capacity and reduce reliance on a single production chain. The U.S. Air Force awarded General Atomics an initial FQ-42A production contract in June after earlier design and flight-test work. The latest announcement concerns industrial scaling for that programme, without specifying a new aircraft order, manufacturing rate or delivery timetable.