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Marine Corps Awards Northrop Grumman MUX TACAIR Contract

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, January 8th, 2026

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Marine Corps Awards Northrop Grumman MUX TACAIR Contract

Pictured is a Defense Department photo of an XQ-58A Valkyrie flying in front of two F-35 fighters.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Thursday that the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman--an award that Kratos had expected would come around the middle of last year, but that came late because of the government shutdown, which ended on Nov. 12, 2025. The MUX TACAIR award "combines Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed capabilities and autonomous leadership with Kratos’ Valkyrie…

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