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Elroy Air has begun point-to-point cargo delivery test flights with its Chaparral hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed aircraft.

Kratos is looking at was to operationalize its hypersonic systems developed for testing.

GE Aerospace is developing a small turbofan engine for midsized Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

The time for the XQ-58 Valkyrie has almost come.

The tests were conducted at a newly expanded test facility at Purdue University’s Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories.

Kratos Defense will use the Hermeus high-speed Quarterhorse aircraft as part of its support work for the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency’s MACH-TB program.

We will soon find out whether the high entry barriers around jet engines have diminished and how they are affecting countries that seek greater self-sufficiency.

The U.S. Air Force could start forming new squadrons filled exclusively with Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) at bases yet to be determined, the nominee for chief of staff said on Oct. 9.

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The U.S. Navy has flown surrogates for future Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) with a version of Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is to manufacture startup Elroy Air’s Chaparral for delivery to U.S. commercial and defense customers under an exclusive agreement.

A tie-up between Kratos Defense and Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology has produced the Mighty Hornet-IV loitering munition.

Kratos will be ready to deliver 15-20 XQ-58 Valkyrie aircraft to customers in 2026.

Boom has begun manufacturing parts for the initial test core of the Overture’s Symphony supersonic engine at its Denver facility.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

As the U.S. Marine Corps aviation branch shuffles its tactical aviation force structure, the XQ-58 suddenly looms large in force structure plans.

A U.S.-made copy of Iran’s Shahed loitering munition highlighted a display of 18 drones and loitering munitions at the Pentagon.

U.S. defense officials confirmed July 16 that a new version of the Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie will transition into a program of record for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Airbus says it has signed an agreement with Kratos to offer a version of the XQ-58A Valkyrie for potential German Air Force use before the end of the decade.

Kratos will assemble a new family of low-cost turbofan engines for uncrewed aircraft systems and cruise missiles in Bristow, Oklahoma.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Engine makers GE Aerospace and Kratos Turbine Technologies expanded a partnership on small affordable turbofan engines on June 2.

A newly released road map calls for Collaborative Combat Aircraft orders to begin this year, with new increments rolling out in roughly five-year intervals.

The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center has signed an MOU with France’s Space Command on global space security.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has unveiled the second version of the XQ-58A Valkyrie.