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Air Force

Kratos Rolling Work for Skyborg Into CCA

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, February 15th, 2024

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Kratos Rolling Work for Skyborg Into CCA

A U.S. Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie conducts its first test flight with a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to 96th Test Wing at Eglin AFB, Fla., on Oct. 3, 2023 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Kratos [KTOS] is folding in the work that the company has done on the XQ-58A Valkyrie for the U.S. Air Force Skyborg program into offerings for the service's Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) effort. The company is likely a top contender for CCA Increment 2. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said this week that the Air Force plans to award concept definition and preliminary design contracts for Increment 2 in fiscal 2025 after the service narrows the field of Increment 1…

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