Kratos combat drone completes first Euro flight, advances turbojet engine production

The California-based defense company Kratos announced this week the first test flight of the uncrewed combat aircraft known as the U740 Valkyrie over European skies, as well as the first successful flight tests of a new turbojet engine designed for small aerial systems. The U740 Valkyrie was developed through a partnership with the Dutch company Airbus in support of German and other European armed forces. In a joint statement , Mike Schoellhorn, the chief executive of Airbus Defence and Space, explained that the Valkyrie combined Kratos’ low-cost airframe with Airbus’ sovereign European…