U.S. Marines Remake MAGTF With New XQ-58 Pick

Kratos XQ-58

Kratos unveiled a landing gear version of the XQ-58 earlier this year.

Credit: Kratos
By 2030, the U.S. Marine Corps’ strike fighter fleet will comprise only Lockheed Martin F-35s, following the planned retirement of the last McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C/D squadron in 2029. That looming reality of an all-fifth-generation fighter force places the Marine Corps’ aviation branch on a...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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