Meet Valkyrie: The Future of Stealth Drone Technology!

The Valkyrie drone, designed by Kratos, is still in development and will compete for military funding against other drones.
The Valkyrie, made by defense company Kratos, is designed for stealth missions using parts that are easily sourced. It is still in the development process and will have to compete with other AI-equipped drones for additional military funding. But within its class of drones around the 5 to ten million dollar price point, military experts say it's a notable contender.
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Cost efficiency is achieved by reducing parts and using a mix of common and custom avionics for the Valkyrie.
We focus on a reduced number of parts. Obviously, the fewer parts you have, typically the less expensive something is. Some of the avionics are common with general aviation aircraft. Some of the avionics are custom and designed by us and by some of our suppliers specifically for the Valkyrie. It's the mix of all those that allows you to have A system with the capability level that this has but without the sticker price of what typically would be a manned fighter aircraft.
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The Valkyrie weighs 2,500 pounds, has specific features for stealth, and can carry significant weaponry with impressive speed and range.
The Valkyrie weighs twenty five hundred pounds, about as much as 2 or 3 concert grand pianos. 30 feet long with a wingspan of 27 feet, it's made to evade radar detection through its curved shape and more specific features like the serpentine inlet that feeds its turbofan engine. The Valkyrie can accelerate to Mach 0.8 5, travel three thousand miles at up to forty five thousand feet in altitude and carry six hundred pounds of weapons internally and the same amount on each wing.
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The Valkyrie can launch from aircraft carriers or small airfields without needing a runway.
And it doesn't require a runway to launch. It can fly from aircraft carriers or small airfields.
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The control system of the Valkyrie is highlighted as a crucial aspect for its future integration into military operations.
But one of the most important parts of the Valkyri