DiscoverThe Aerospace AdvantageCCA and Pilots: How Do We Communicate? — Ep. 254
CCA and Pilots: How Do We Communicate? — Ep. 254

CCA and Pilots: How Do We Communicate? — Ep. 254

Update: 2025-09-132
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AI is one of the hottest topics in defense, especially when it ties to Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). While seeing these new aircraft fly is super impressive, it’s crucial that we think about all phases of the mission, including how warfighters will interact with the CCA agents. To be clear, this goes beyond the tactical user interface during mission execution – we need to be thinking about how we continue to train the autonomy after landing. This means debriefing. How will we debrief CCA after the mission? How should we integrate debriefing CCA with human formations? We must understand how we operated as a team to learn the right lessons for both human pilots and the CCA agents. Joining our host Heather “Lucky” Penney to dig into this are two AI experts: Mike “Pako” Benitez of Shield AI and Ray “Krypto” O’Mara of the Mitchell Institute.










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Host: Heather "Lucky" Penney, Director of Research, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies


Producer: Shane Thin 


Executive Producer: Douglas Birkey


Guest: Ray “Krypto” O’Mara, Senior Fellow for Airpower Studies, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies


Guest: Mike "Pako" Benitez, Senior Director of Strategic Product Development, Shield AI



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CCA and Pilots: How Do We Communicate? — Ep. 254

CCA and Pilots: How Do We Communicate? — Ep. 254

The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies