“We’ve actually never treated CCA as attritable,” Helfrich told reporters at the Life Cycle Industry Days conference. The CCA program evolved in part from Air Force programs exploring low-cost, attritable aircraft and was envisioned as a way to provide “affordable mass.” Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, as well as Gen. Charles Q. “I don’t want a set of Collaborative Combat Aircraft that’s going to last for 25 to 30 years,” Allvin said. The Air Force also announced July 15 that Anduril’s developmental CCA, the YFQ-44A, had fired a live missile for the first time.