No human pilots: Autonomous fighter jet makes international debut at Avalon Airshow 2025
- Haotian
- Mar 27
- 2 min read
Anduril, a USA-based company dedicated to defence systems, showcased its crewless fighter jet overseas for the first time at Avalon Airshow 2025.
By: Haotian
Published on: 27 March 2025, 8.39am (GMT +8)
Fury, Anduril’s high-performance and multi-mission autonomous fighter jet, made its international debut at the Avalon Australia International Airshow 2025. This is the first time the aircraft was showcased outside of the USA.
As part of the US Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, which was set up in a bid to research, develop and manufacture crewless fighter jets to act as extra support for conventional fighter jets, a missionised version of Fury called YFQ-44A has been chosen by the USAF for the first stage of the CCA program.
The Fury does not have contain parts that are overly complex, and they source their materials from supply chains that can be trusted and are stable. For example, Anduril developed and created its own landing gear for the aircraft, using a design which is significantly less tedious to produce compared to some landing gears, whcih may have more sophisticated systems.
David Goodrich OAM, Executive Chairman and CEO Anduril Australia said: “At Anduril, we are focused on driving out unnecessary complexity, eliminating unnecessary materials, parts, tooling and specialised processes, and leveraging commercial components wherever possible. Hardware and material choices are optimised around cost, speed, simplicity and supply chain.”
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is currently using an autonomous fighter created by Boeing for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), called the MQ-28 Ghost Bat, which has recently completed its 100th flight.
“If Fury fills a need for the ADF, we will be ready to support the need, subject to export approvals.” Mr Goodrich said.
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