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Air Force

Kratos Pledges to Ready Skyborg to Be Program of Record by Fiscal 2023

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, August 18th, 2021

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Kratos Pledges to Ready Skyborg to Be Program of Record by Fiscal 2023

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor and F-35A Lightning II fly in formation with the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle over the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground testing range, Ariz., during a series of tests Dec. 9, 2020. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

While a U.S. Air Force official said last week that he was uncertain whether the service's Skyborg Vanguard research and development program for teaming low-cost attritable aircraft and manned aircraft would be ready to transition to an acquisition program of record in fiscal 2023, Kratos [KTOS] said on Aug. 17 that it will be ready to meet that timeline. The Air Force has used the design of the Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie as an example of what Skyborg drones may look…

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