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GA-ASI Says F-22 Pilot Directed MQ-20 From Cockpit in First for the Raptor

Tablet control over government-owned links using GRACE with L3Harris radios underscores the Air Force’s CCA path with the F-22 as the threshold platform.

The MQ-20 Avenger during a test flight. (Image credit: GA-ASI)
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Overview

  • The company-funded demonstration occurred Oct. 21 at the Nevada Test and Training Range and was disclosed Nov. 17 during industry announcements.
  • The setup integrated L3Harris BANSHEE datalinks and Pantera software-defined radios via Lockheed Martin’s open radio architectures, with one radio on the MQ-20 and one on the F-22.
  • The pilot commanded the Avenger through a Pilot Vehicle Interface tablet hosted by the F-22’s GRACE software environment.
  • General Atomics framed the event as proof of non-proprietary, U.S. government‑owned communications aligned with Open Mission Systems to inform semi-autonomous CCA development.
  • GA-ASI and Anduril hold CCA contracts, GA is flying MQ-20 as an integration article while offering the YFQ-42A, and parallel USAF tests have fielded multi-jet control of XQ-58A Valkyries.