Airbus Readying Valkyrie CCAs For Year-End Flight Trials With Adapted Learjets

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Airbus-modified Valkyrie drone prepares for flight tests.

Credit: Tony Osborne/ Aviation Week
MANCHING, Germany—Airbus is ramping up development efforts to prepare for flight testing of its collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) technologies using Kratos Valkyrie uncrewed aircraft by year-end. Through its self-funded Uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (UCCA) development and demonstration...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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