China & Russia Panic: U.S. Air Force Releases First video of XQ-58A Valkyrie

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[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] the US Air Force has for the first time released video showing its latest long-range drone in flight a newest long-range high subsonic unmanned air vehicle called the XQ 58 a valkyrie completed its inaugural flight March 5th 2019 at Yuma Proving Grounds Arizona the Air Force Research Laboratory partnered with crannis unmanned aerial systems to develop the XQ 58 a according to a statement released by the Air Force this joint effort falls within the Air Force research laboratories low-cost attributable aircraft technology our LCA 80 portfolio which has the objective to break the escalating cost trajectory of tactically relevant aircraft the objectives of the LCA 80 initiative include designing and building UAS faster by developing better design tools and maturing and leveraging commercial manufacturing processes to reduce build time and cost developed for runway independence the aircraft behaved as expected and completed 76 minutes of flight time the time the first flight took a little over two point five years from contract award the XQ 58a has a total of five plan test flights and two facing with objectives that include evaluating system functionality aerodynamic performance in launch and recovery systems XQ 58a is the first example of a class of UAV that is defined by low procurement and operating costs while providing game-changing combat capability said bugs a blue ski AFR sxq 58 a program manager the newly UAV will have an impressive range of more than 4,800 kilometers it also can carry a payload of 272 kilograms including small diameter bombs and missiles [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]
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Channel: U.S. Military Action
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Length: 10min 10sec (610 seconds)
Published: Sat Mar 09 2019
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