Anduril has publicly shown its YFQ-44A Fury collaborative combat aircraft with ground-fit air-to-ground weapons, broadening the uncrewed fighter’s potential beyond air-to-air missions. The aircraft was displayed at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Symposium in National Harbor, Maryland, with 500-pound JDAMs, 250-pound Small Diameter Bombs, low-cost cruise missiles and 2.75-inch rocket pods fitted via twin adaptor racks.
The weapons have reached fit-check status only and have not yet been flight-tested, captive-carried or live-released from Fury. Anduril executives described the activity as part of ongoing integration work, rather than an operational milestone. The company has already fired a live AIM-120 AMRAAM from Fury in July 2026, making the new air-to-ground loadouts a follow-on expansion of the aircraft’s weapon portfolio.
The current YFQ-44A test aircraft carries two underwing pylons, while the planned production FQ-44 is expected to have four hardpoints. That gives the design room for a wider strike envelope as the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft programme moves further from a pure air-dominance wingman concept toward a multi-role platform.