DAYTON, Ohio—Up to six designs could be brought to the prototyping phase of the second round of the Air Force’s drone-wingman effort next year, a service official told reporters on Tuesday. “This approach allows for competitive development and ensures that the Air Force can evaluate various solutions before selecting the final designs to move into production.” “We will continue to maximize competition through all the phases of CCA Increment 2. The Air Force has already been experimenting with a prototype Fury and with General Atomics’ Dark Merlin CCA. Service officials said in a Tuesday press release that the Air Force used the CCAs as part of a recent multi-day Agile Combat Employment exercise at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada.