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CCA-1/CCA-2 - Supersonic VLO UCAVs: these were not used in the wargame due to their high cost. There's no US analogue of any of these hypothetical platforms currently in the DB.
CCA-3 - Air to Air Subsonic VLO UCAVs: the USN X-47B is probably the closest analogue to this platform. Loadout:
CCA-3 Weapons: x6 AIM-260s.
CCA-3 Sensors: equipped with F-35 Blk 4 sensors, including APG-85s, EOTS, DAS, MAWS, as well as DECM etc.
CCA-3 Comms: MADL, CEC, AIM-120 and AEGIS Weapon Links, as well as the stock comms links.
CCA-4 - Land Attack Subsonic VLO UCAVs: again, the USN X-47B is probably the closest analogue to this platform, although there is currently no SiAW in the DB. Loadout:
CCA-4 Weapons: x4 AGM-88Gs, x2 AIM-120Ds.
CCA-4 Sensors: as above, equipped with F-35 Blk 4 sensors, including EOTS, DAS, MAWS, Laser Designators etc. However, it has an AN/ZPY-8 Osprey Radar as it is primarily a land-attack CCA.
CCA-4 Comms: MADL, CEC, AIM-120 and AARGM Weapon Links, as well as the stock comms links.
CCA-5 - Air to Air Subsonic LO UCAVs (expendable if required): there's a couple of options in the DB, such as the UTAP-22 Mako ($2-3 million), and XQ-58A Valkyrie ($2-4 million). UTAP-22 loadout:
UTAP-22 CCA-5 Weapons: x2 AIM-120Ds.
UTAP-22 CCA-5 Sensors: equipped only with forward hemisphere passive sensors; in this case being EOTS and DAS.
UTAP-22 CCA-5 Comms: MADL, CEC, and AIM-120 Weapon Links, as well as the stock comms links.
XQ-58A changes:
XQ-58A CCA-5 Weapons: x2 AIM-260s.
XQ-58A CCA-5 Sensors: equipped with an APG-81 radar, and forward hemisphere passive sensors; in this case being EOTS and DAS.
XQ-58A CCA-5 Comms: MADL, CEC, SATCOM, AIM-120 and AEGIS Weapon Links, as well as the stock comms links.
CCA-6 - Strike UCAVs: as this platform doesn't have stealth properties, the Have Raider UCAV is probably the option in the DB. CCA-6 loadout:
CCA-6 Weapons: x2 AGM-158C LRASMs.
CCA-6 Sensors: forward hemisphere TV camera.
CCA-6 Comms: MADL, CEC, Tomahawk Command DL, AN/AWW-9/13 Command DL, and TacNet Weapon DL as well as some stock comms links.
CCA-9 - ISR and Communication node Subsonic LO UCAVs: the XQ-58A is probably the closest analogue to this platform, although the MQ-28A is also an option. CCA-9 loadout:
CCA- 9 Weapons: Nil.
CCA-9 Sensors: APG-81, forward hemisphere TV camera, and standard Valkyrie camera kit.
CCA-9 Comms: MADL, SADL, IFDL, CEC, BACN SATCOM Links, AIM-120 and AEGIS Weapon Links, as well as the stock comms links.
CCA-10 - Electronic Warfare Subsonic VLO UCAVs: as it is a stealth platform, the X-47B is again the best choice; the RQ-170 would be another option if it had a higher cruise speed.
CCA-10 Weapons: Nil.
CCA-10 Sensors: equipped with some F-35 Blk 4 sensors, such as EOTS, AN/ASQ-239, and Band 2/5 ESM, as well as OECM and DECM.
CCA-10 Comms: MADL, CEC, and AARGM Command Links, as well as the stock comms links.
These two CCA types were also not requested in the wargame:
CCA-7 - this could possibly be done by an MQ-1C ER Grey Eagle with the x20 GBU-69 loadout.
CCA-8 - not sure what US analogue would be possible for this as the US doesn't have many one-way-attack (OWA) platforms which have a long enough range. The closest platform I can think of is the Iranian Mobin UAV, but also has a much shorter range than 600nm.
