Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
Robot types: Uas. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 37.8/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 8 of 26 among Drones / eVTOL companies with incidents (550 tracked).
Analyst brief
The record contains a single entry, an August 2026 crash of an XQ-58 Valkyrie drone at Dugway Proving Ground that prompted a pause in flight operations, carrying severity 4. The entry describes a test-program crash rather than an operational or combat loss, and reflects a single event with no casualties reported. Coverage is press-driven with an internal flight pause but no external regulatory action recorded.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Drones / eVTOL (primary), Defense / space · Sectors: Armed Forces
Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type. Listed industry was Defense / space; RobotRisk files this company under Drones / eVTOL because that is where its documented incident risk sits.
| Robot type | Share of company risk | Rank within type |
|---|---|---|
| Uas | 100% | 5 of 8 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XQ-58 Valkyrie | Uas | early-access | 1 | 37.8 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| crash | 1 | 100% |
Unique incident list
1 unique incident on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 04 Aug 2026 | crash | Dugway Proving Ground, UT, USA | XQ-58 Valkyrie crashes at Dugway Proving Ground, flights paused · 1 aircraft | TWZ |
S4 04 Aug 2026 · crash · XQ-58 Valkyrie crashes at Dugway Proving Ground, flights paused
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 04 Aug 2026 | XQ-58 Valkyrie crashes at Dugway Proving Ground, flights paused | TWZ |
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