September 30, 2019
Meet the XQ-58 Valkyrie: Is This Stealth Drone the Future of the U.S. Air Force?
Or not?
by David Axe Follow @daxe on Twitter L
Key Point: While the Valkyrie program develops one type of wingman drone, the broader Skyborg program is working on the hardware and software for integrating manned and unmanned fighters.
The U.S. Air Force’s future drone fighter is back in the air.
The XQ-58 Valkyrie on June 11, 2019 took off for its second test flight over Yuma, Arizona. The 29-feet-long, jet-powered drone “successfully completed all test objectives during a 71-minute flight,†the Air Force Research Laboratory announced.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/meet-xq-58-valkyrie-stealth-drone-future-us-air-force-75351
