諾格YFQ-48A完成自主滑行測試 朝首飛目標邁進

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YFQ-48A（圖片取自諾格集團網站）

美空軍CCA「增量2」重要候選機型

Northrop’s YFQ-48A Advances Toward First Flight

Northrop Grumman近日宣布，旗下新型無人戰機YFQ-48A已完成自主地面滑行測試（taxi test），並持續朝首次飛行測試邁進。該機未來可望參與美國空軍「協同戰鬥航空器系統」（Collaborative Combat Aircraft, CCA）「增量2」（Increment 2）計畫競爭。

Northrop Grumman recently announced that its next-generation unmanned combat aircraft, the YFQ-48A, has successfully completed autonomous taxi testing and is continuing toward its first flight milestone. The aircraft is expected to compete in the US Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) Increment 2 program.

自主滑行測試曝光 已進行至少1個月地面驗證

Autonomous Taxi Tests Conducted at Mojave Facility

軍聞網站《The Aviationist》報導，諾格公布的測試影片顯示，YFQ-48A在地面觀測車輛伴隨下，於跑道成功完成自主滑行作業，展現基礎自主操作與地面控制能力。

According to defense outlet The Aviationist, footage released by Northrop Grumman showed the YFQ-48A autonomously taxiing along a runway while accompanied by a ground observation vehicle, demonstrating basic autonomous ground operations and control functions.

諾格表示，目前正與美國空軍密切合作推進測試作業，加速邁向首飛階段。相關消息指出，該機可能已於南加州Mojave Air and Space Port進行至少1個月以上的地面測試。

Northrop stated that it is working closely with the US Air Force to accelerate testing and advance toward first flight. Reports indicate the aircraft may have already conducted over a month of ground testing at Mojave Air and Space Port in Southern California.

美軍推動CCA計畫 發展「忠誠僚機」概念

CCA Program Aims to Field Loyal Wingman Aircraft

美國空軍近年積極推動CCA計畫，核心概念是讓具高度自主能力的無人戰機與有人戰機共同作戰，實踐「有人／無人組合」（MUM-T）協同作戰模式。

The US Air Force has been aggressively advancing its CCA initiative, which focuses on pairing highly autonomous unmanned combat aircraft with crewed fighters as part of manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) operations.

目前General Atomics的YFQ-42A與Anduril Industries的YFQ-44A，已投入CCA「增量1」計畫並完成首飛；而YFQ-48A則成為目前已知首款獲得正式美軍編號的「增量2」機型。

Currently, General Atomics’s YFQ-42A and Anduril Industries’s YFQ-44A are competing in the CCA Increment 1 effort and have already completed first flights. The YFQ-48A is the first publicly known Increment 2 platform to receive an official US military designation.

強調低成本與高效率 兼顧匿蹤與機動性

Designed for Affordable Stealth and Agile Operations

諾格表示，YFQ-48A採取高效率、低成本的設計理念，相較於過去機型大幅簡化結構與零件數量，並大量使用複合材料降低重量與提升生產效率。

Northrop Grumman stated that the YFQ-48A emphasizes a low-cost, high-efficiency development approach, simplifying structures and reducing part counts compared with earlier designs while extensively using composite materials to cut weight and improve manufacturing speed.

從目前公開畫面可見，該機採用拉姆達（Lambda）翼型設計、機背進氣口以及外傾V型垂直尾翼，可能也具備內置式機腹彈艙，以提升低可偵測性與作戰彈性。

Based on released imagery, the aircraft features a lambda wing design, dorsal air intake, and outward-canted V-tail stabilizers. It may also incorporate an internal weapons bay to enhance low observability and operational flexibility.

報導分析，YFQ-48A未來可能肩負制空、打擊與情監偵等多元任務，成為美軍未來空戰體系的重要節點。

Analysts believe the YFQ-48A could eventually perform air superiority, strike, and ISR missions, making it a key node in the future US air combat ecosystem.