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After reading through the Mitchell Institute Collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) report (linked below), I did some experimenting in CMO. As the public info on USAF CCAs is still rather limited, it is understandable that these are not yet in the DB. With the details from the aforementioned report, it is possible to partly create what assets the wargame suggested. The INST files for the units I modified accordingly are attached here:

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.

Very interesting to try-out.
Thanx for the set-up, very handy indeed!

Thanks! That's quite interesting.