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Unmanned Systems

Valkyrie Unmanned Combat Aircraft Demonstrates Electronic Attack With F-35s

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024

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Valkyrie Unmanned Combat Aircraft Demonstrates Electronic Attack With F-35s

XQ-58A Valkyrie flying in front of two F-35 fighters. Photo: Defense Department

An XQ-58A Valkyrie autonomous unmanned combat aircraft equipped with an electronic attack payload successfully demonstrated suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD) capabilities with two F-35 fighters in a recent live flight test event at Eglin AFB, Fla., Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] said on Tuesday. The test of Kratos’s low-cost Valkyrie completes the first phase of the Marine Corps’ Penetrating Affordable Autonomous Collaborative Killer-Portfolio (PAACK-P) program, part of an effort to inform requirements for the unmanned combat aircraft to…

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