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Additional capacity will support production of the Valkyrie collaborative combat aircraft, Firejet aerial targets and Mighty Hornet IV.
The company has prepared two Valkyrie aircraft with a sovereign European mission system for 2026 flights, aiming to deliver operational capability by 2029.
The addition increases Kratos’ overall Oxmoor Valley footprint to 150,000 square feet and supports growing demand for defence systems across Alabama.
The GEK800 engine underwent successful altitude, durability and limits testing at Purdue’s Zucrow Laboratories, marking the first test at the recently expanded ZL9 facility.
Elroy Air selected Kratos as their exclusive U.S. manufacturer in a five-year deal to expand Chaparral cargo drone assembly for military and commercial use
Six planned test flights had objectives that include evaluating mission ability; autonomous electronic support to crewed platforms; potential to augment combat air patrols; and other manned-unmanned teaming goals.
The Kratos/Hypersonix team is focused on providing a first-to-market capability, to test and demonstrate important hypersonic capabilities for U.S. Industry, the DoD and National Security.
Work on a new, initial production order for a high performance UAS jet engine will be performed at a secure Kratos manufacturing facility, but the company is sworn to secrecy as to its application.
The latest test has demonstrated the ability to launch a small, unmanned aircraft system from the internal weapons bay of the XQ-58A Valkyrie. The aircraft also flew higher and faster than before.