XQ-58A Valkyrie flight and payload release test successful msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Military drones are technological beasts, and the list of things they can’t do is extremely short. It got even shorter at the end of March when one of these drones managed to drop a smaller one from inside the weapons bay. 4 photos
The winged machine that managed this feat is called XQ-58A Valkyrie and it is being developed by Kratos. Still in the works, it should come out the other end of the development process as a stealth unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) capable of striking far and undetected into enemy territory.
Update: US Air Force completes XQ-58A Valkyrie s first payload release test janes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from janes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
US Air Force completes XQ-58A Valkyrie s first payload release test
08 April 2021
by Pat Host
The US Air Force (USAF) on 26 March completed the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie’s first release from its internal weapons bay, and its sixth flight test.
This test at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, conducted in partnership with Kratos and Area-I, demonstrated the ability to launch an Altius-600 small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) from the XQ-58A’s internal weapons bay, according to a service statement. Kratos, Area-I, and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) designed and fabricated the sUAS carriage and developed software to enable release. After the release of the sUAS, the XQ-58A completed additional test points to expand its demonstrated operating envelope.
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