hmmm ... There is also a company, Valkyrie, involved in Drone development.
Who the HECK is "Kratos Defense"? Boeing and Lockheed are out of the picture?
This is the first I've heard of this aircraft. In March 2019, Tyler Rogoway wrote "Just a week after Boeing unveiled their export-centric 'loyal wingman' combat drone concept, the Air Force Research Lab has announced that their own similar endeavor, dubbed the XQ-58A Valkyrie, has made its first flight. It also posted the very first image of the aircraft that has been developed under a veil of secrecy over the last two and half years."
It's amazing that the Boeing X45 UCAV (Unmanned Aerial Combat Vehicle) died and Boeing is working on the "Loyal Wingman" successor program.
It will “smoke”
My Pred “B” girls.
Looks sort of like a v-tailed V1.
While I am sure there are good reasons, I’m totally clueless as to why the F-22 or F-35 fighters need escorts. I thought fighters were escorts. Are they decoys? Flak fodder?
I remember two things my step-father predicted in the ‘60s. One, that cars would become so expensive that people would lease them rather than buy them and the other was that piloted aircraft would be replaced by drones. One has kind of come to pass and the other looks to be happening as well. He thought it would happen by the 80s at the latest, but still.
Now about the flying cars we were promised going back to the 40s.
So what, they’re reusing names now. The XB-70 was called the Valkyrie.
It at least should be called the Valkyrie II, like the F-35 is the Lightning II.
This is the real Valkyrie bomber.
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/195767/north-american-xb-70-valkyrie/
Size compare
https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/99wqex/did_you_know_that_the_north_american_xb70/
https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a18147/rare-air-force-xb70-supersonic-bomber/