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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrates the separation of the ALTIUS-600 small UAS in a test at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground test range, Arizona on March 26, 2021. This test was the first time the weapons bay doors have been opened in flight. (Courtesy photo)210326-F-F3963-1001.PNG
                        
                        
                        The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrates the separation of the ALTIUS-600 small unmanned aircraft system in a test at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground test range, Ariz., March 26, 2021. This test was the first time the weapons bay doors have been opened in flight. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)
                
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AFRL successfully completes XQ-58A Valkyrie flight and payload release testPublished April 5, 2021
                    
                    By Air Force Research Laboratory Public Affairs
            **WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) --**The**Air Force Research Laboratory** successfully completed the **XQ-58A Valkyrie****’**s sixth flight test and first release from its internal weapons bay, March 26 at **Yuma Proving Ground**, Arizona.This test, conducted in partnership with Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Area-I, demonstrated the ability to launch an**ALTIUS-600** small, unmanned aircraft system, or SUAS, from the internal weapons bay of the XQ-58A. Kratos, Area-I and AFRL designed and fabricated the SUAS carriage and developed software to enable release. After the successful release of the SUAS, the XQ-58A completed additional test points to expand its demonstrated operating envelope.“This is the sixth flight of the Valkyrie and the first time the payload bay doors have been opened in flight,” said Alyson Turri, demonstration program manager. “In addition to this first SUAS separation demonstration, the XQ-58A flew higher and faster than previous flights.”
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