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XQ-58A VALKYRIE
https://afresearchlab.com/technology/xq-58a-valkyrie/The XQ-58A Valkyrie is a low cost, high performance unmanned air vehicle developed through an Air Force Research Laboratory partnership with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
XQ-58A Valkyrie Tail #1 prepares for transfer to Air Force Museum
https://afresearchlab.com/news/xq-58a-valkyrie-tail-1-prepares-for-transfer-to-air-force-museum/WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Air Force Research Laboratory engineers prepared the XQ-58A Valkyrie Tail #1 to be transferred to the National Museum of the United States Air Force here June 1. The XQ-58A Valkyrie is a low cost, high performance unmanned air vehicle. Tail #1 was the first aircraft developed in partnership […]
AFRL successfully completes XQ-58A Valkyrie flight and payload release test
https://afresearchlab.com/news/afrl-successfully-completes-xq-58a-valkyrie-flight-and-payload-release-test/WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory successfully completed the XQ-58A Valkyrie’s sixth flight test and first release from its internal weapons bay, March 26, 2021 at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. This test, conducted in partnership with Kratos UAS and Area-I, demonstrated the ability to launch an ALTIUS-600 small, unmanned […]
Successful attritableONE (XQ-58 Valkyrie) return to flight test enables formation flight
https://afresearchlab.com/news/successful-attritableone-xq-58-valkyrie-return-to-flight-test-enables-formation-flight-with-fifth-generation-fighters/WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with partner Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., completed the successful fifth flight test of the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned air vehicle demonstrator on Dec. 9, 2020, at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. During the test event, an F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning, the […]
AFRL XQ-58A Valkyrie expands flight envelope in fourth test
https://afresearchlab.com/news/afrl-xq-58a-valkyrie-expands-flight-envelope-in-fourth-test/WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with partner Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., completed the successful fourth flight test of the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned air vehicle demonstrator Jan. 23, 2020, at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. During the test event, the Valkyrie demonstrator’s flight successfully met all of the […]
XQ-58A expands performance envelope during third test flight; aircraft damaged after landing
https://afresearchlab.com/news/xq-58a-expands-performance-envelope-during-third-test-flight-aircraft-damaged-after-landing/YUMA PROVING GROUND, Arizona — The XQ-58A Valkyrie completed the third flight of the Low Cost Attritable Strike Demonstration program Oct. 9 at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. Unfortunately, high surface winds and a malfunction of the vehicle’s provisional flight test recovery system resulted in a mishap after landing which damaged the aircraft. The XQ-58A, part of […]
AFRL XQ-58A UAV completes second successful flight
https://afresearchlab.com/news/afrl-xq-58a-uav-completes-second-successful-flight/WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a low-cost unmanned air vehicle, successfully completed all test objectives during a 71-minute flight on June 11, 2019, at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona. The test marked the second successful flight for the aircraft this year. The inaugural 72-minute flight was recorded in March. The Air Force […]
XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator completes inaugural flight
https://afresearchlab.com/news/xq-58a-valkyrie-demonstrator-completes-inaugural-flight/WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a long-range, high subsonic unmanned air vehicle completed its inaugural flight March 5, 2019 at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona. The Air Force Research Laboratory partnered with Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems to develop the XQ-58A. This joint effort falls within the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Low […]
2 AFRL scientists selected as AIAA Class of 2024 Fellows
https://afresearchlab.com/news/2-afrl-scientists-selected-as-aiaa-class-of-2024-fellows/WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Drs. Charles J. Cross and Gregory W. Reich, of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, were recognized as 2024 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIAA, Fellows, in a Feb. 8, 2024, news release. “The Class of 2024 AIAA Honorary Fellows and Fellows are among the […]
AFRL’s XQ-67A makes 1st successful flight
https://afresearchlab.com/news/afrls-xq-67a-makes-1st-successful-flight/WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate successfully flew the XQ-67A, an Off-Board Sensing Station, or OBSS, uncrewed air vehicle Feb. 28, 2024, at the General Atomics Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility near Palmdale, California. The XQ-67A is the first of a second generation of autonomous collaborative […]