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Fourth Flight Test of XQ-58A Valkyrie Expected Soon, AFRL Says

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Fourth Flight Test of XQ-58A Valkyrie Expected Soon, AFRL Says
The Air Force Research Laboratory plans to conduct the fourth flight test of the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie in the near future. The inaugural flight was last March (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is "eagerly anticipating" the fourth flight test of the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie stealth unmanned aircraft system (UAS) "in the near future," AFRL spokesman Bryan Ripple told Defense Daily on Jan. 10. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has reserved about $54 million in fiscal 2020 science-and-technology and experimentation funds for the service's Skyborg initiative that is testing the potential value of an artificial-intelligence (AI)-driven, attritable "wingman" for manned aircraft, such as the Lockheed Martin F-35. AFRL…

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