Tag: Names

General Atomics Names YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft ‘Dark Merlin’

Aviation Week reports, “General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) announced Feb. 23 that its collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) has a name: the Dark Merlin. The GA-ASI YFQ-42A is one of two CCAs being developed for the U.S. Air Force’s first increment of its program, along with the Anduril YFA-44A. After first flights in 2025, both of the prototypes now await a potential production award in 2026.”
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The YFQ-42A drone by General Atomics
(Techno Thunder; YouTube)

Eve Air Mobility Brands UATM Solution ‘Vector’

Aviation Week reports, “Eve Air Mobility has chosen the name Vector for its in-development urban air traffic management (UATM) solution, with first deliveries now planned for 2026.” The Embraer spinoff is “the only major air taxi OEM that is also developing a UATM solution, considered critical to enabling high-density operations of drones and electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicles.”
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