The XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned “loyal wingman” by Kratos Defense will be making its first flight, an executive from the company said in Australia.
Graphic: U.S. DoD
Jeff Herro, Kratos’s senior vice president for business development, says his company’s solution is different from Boeing’s.
“We are not going after the market that Boeing is. This is a different market,” he said. “I don’t think that people are going to buy 1,000 of those. Our whole plan is to extend the mission capability sets of exquisite fighters. That is what we want to do both in range and capabilities and affordability.”