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XQ-58 Valkyrie crashes at Dugway Proving Ground, flights paused

S4 · 08/04
2026 · Kratos Defense & Security Solutions · Dugway Proving Ground, UT, USA

Record

Company	Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
Category	defense space
Type	crash
Date	08/04 2026
Time of day	not documented
Location	Dugway Proving Ground, UT, USA
Severity	S4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding)
Scale	1 aircraft
Confidence	medium
Verification	Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source
Source	TWZ

What happened

Kratos' XQ-58 Valkyrie drone crashed during a test flight at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah; Kratos subsequently paused XQ-58 flight operations pending investigation. Confirmed by TWZ, Aerospace Global News, and AeroTime.

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