Kratos

By Graham Warwick
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
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.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Kratos will be ready to deliver 15-20 XQ-58 Valkyrie aircraft to customers in 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Boom has begun manufacturing parts for the initial test core of the Overture’s Symphony supersonic engine at its Denver facility.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
As the U.S. Marine Corps aviation branch shuffles its tactical aviation force structure, the XQ-58 suddenly looms large in force structure plans.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A U.S.-made copy of Iran’s Shahed loitering munition highlighted a display of 18 drones and loitering munitions at the Pentagon.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Engine makers GE Aerospace and Kratos Turbine Technologies expanded a partnership on small affordable turbofan engines on June 2.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center has signed an MOU with France’s Space Command on global space security.
Operations & Safety

By Steve Trimble
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has unveiled the second version of the XQ-58A Valkyrie.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Flight autonomy software developer Shield AI closed a $240 million Series F-1 round in March that raised its valuation to $5.3 billion from $2.7 billion.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
All further details of the Kratos project—including the design, performance and schedule—cannot yet be released.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The new facility will support Kratos’ work on the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency’s Multi-Service Advanced Capabilities Hypersonic Testbed program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The service could readily exchange data with the members of its Commercial Integration Cell (CIC), including Intelsat itself.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
The details of any new trend in engines also serve to unveil future requirements of a paying customer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Prometheus joint venture plans to complete a $175 million, 500-acre complex near a U.S. Army and Navy facility in Crane, Indiana, in 2027.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Jan. 14 announcement did not identify the vehicle, but it is likely the Kratos Erinyes hypersonic glider.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick, Robert Wall
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
If all options are exercised under the $1.45 billion indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity award, it would represent the company’s largest award.
Missile Defense & Weapons