The first-built XQ-58A Valkyrie is heading to the Air Force Museum after officials opted to retire the drone and clear the way for new production aircraft that a Kratos spokeswoman said would "be better suited for future representative flight testing and operations." The Air Force Research Laboratory this week announced the planned transfer of the Kratos-built, attritable aircraft, though the timeline for the move and subsequent display of the drone wasn't included in the release. Flight-tested four times, the drone featured "several mods for data collection systems and multiple payloads used for the first few engineering flights," the Kratos spokeswoman noted.
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