The USAF wants to build a fleet of $3 million drone aircraft that can get shot at so American pilots don't have to be..
over the next five years to construct a fleet of XQ-58A Valkyrie uncrewed aircraft, each of which will cost a paltry $3 million.Low Cost Attritable Strike Demonstrator
program. The 30-foot uncrewed aircraft weighs 2,500 pounds unfueled and can carry up to 1,200 total pounds of ordinance. The XQ-58 is built as a stealthy escort aircraft to fly in support of F-22 and F-35 during combat missions, though the USAF sees the aircraft filling a variety of roles by tailoring its instruments and weapons to each mission. Those could includes surveillance and resupply actions, in addition to swarming enemy aircraft in active combat.
Earlier this month, Kratos successfully operated the XQ-58 during a three-hour demonstration at Elgin Air Force Base.
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