Kratos Valkyrie flies with F-35 fighters in electronic warfare test, demonstrating beyond line of sight control in contested operations

Kratos Valkyrie flies with F-35 fighters in electronic warfare test, demonstrating beyond line of sight control in contested operations

The runway-independent Valkyrie launched from a zero-length launcher and validated its beyond line of sight communications system. Control then shifted from the Kratos ground station to an Autonomy Government Reference Architecture-compliant human-machine interface developed by Autonodyne. A Marine Corps operator used the interface to control the Valkyrie over beyond line of sight communications during the flight. The unmanned aircraft completed…