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Kratos Announces Flight of XQ-58 in Valkyrie Maturation Program, As Company Looks to CCA

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, November 3rd, 2022

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Kratos Announces Flight of XQ-58 in Valkyrie Maturation Program, As Company Looks to CCA

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Kratos [KTOS] said on Nov. 3 that it recently flew a production XQ-58A Valkyrie aircraft at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. for the Block 2 Valkyrie maturation program. The test flight "proved XQ-58A’s extended capabilities by flying longer, higher, at a heavier mission weight, and at a longer range than the platform has previously been approved for (based on prior government range limitations) and demonstrated," Kratos said. "This flight test was a key milestone in Kratos’ support of AFRL’s [Air Force…

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