USAF has announced, it has awarded Kratos and General Atomics contracts worth a total of $20 million for R&D activities of the Skyborg drone concept.
According to the contracts, Kratos will receive additional 13.2 million dollars to develop its XQ-58 drone and General Atomics will receive 7 million dollars to develop MQ-20 Avenger.
Both unmanned aircraft systems will be used as part of the U.S. Air Force’s future autonomous systems plan.
Systems are intended to be integrated into the Leidos-built Autonomous Core System so they can be used from a single center.